questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a criminal offence of honour based violence or abuse.
answerText: ‘Honour’-based abuse (HBA) is an umbrella term, covering specific crimes such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, but also other forms of abuse that take place in an 'honour' context. While there is not a specific offence of Honour Bas...
heading: Honour Based Violence