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Women’s Refuges - Question (10 Mar 2020) Baroness Boycott: It is nearly 50 years since I went to the first women’s refuge in Chiswick High Road, started by Erin Pizzey. At that point the grim statistics were that 1.5 women a week were killed in the UK by their partners or their husbands. That figure is now nearer to two per week. This is International Women’s Day and I find it unbelievable that over these years the situation is even worse. It is...

Domestic Abuse (13 May 2019) Harriet Harman: ...Secretary of State for making this statement today—for tirelessly pushing for this. I thank her for that. Ever since the first women’s refuge—Chiswick Women’s Aid—was created in 1971 by Erin Pizzey, women’s refuges have been precarious financially. They have existed hand to mouth from year to year, never knowing what their financial situation will be. The reason why this is a...

Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill (16 Dec 2016) Philip Davies: ...do not want to listen to me—which I understand that they often do not, because I say things that they do not want to hear—perhaps they might have more sympathy for a marvellous lady called Erin Pizzey. In 1971, Erin Pizzey opened the world’s first women’s refuge in Chiswick specifically dealing with all victims of domestic violence. Perhaps because of her background, she has the...

International Men’S Day (17 Nov 2016) Philip Davies: ...touch on and therefore must. On homelessness, according to St Mungo’s, 85% of rough sleepers are men. That is clearly an issue that needs to be addressed. With regard to injustice for fathers, Erin Pizzey, the founder of the first women’s refuge in the UK, has said: “There are a lot of reasons why fathers are not with their children, not least that women won’t let them”. When the...

Domestic Violence Refuges — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] (11 May 2016) Julie Cooper: ...Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, read it, he apparently wept and promised there would be an inquiry. There was an inquiry, but the sad fact is that nothing of substance happened until 1971, when Erin Pizzey opened the first women’s refuge. Jenny Smith was an early beneficiary of Erin Pizzey’s refuge in Chiswick. I was moved when I heard her speak recently of the abuse she endured at...

[Sir Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — backbench business — Local Newspapers (19 Mar 2015) Ed Vaizey: ...; and to the Brentford and Chiswick Times, in which I hope to appeartomorrow following my visit to the Watermans arts centre this morning. Having grown up in Chiswick, I know all about the work of Erin Pizzey, and I used to read the Brentford and Chiswick Times regularly. I will also mention the Walsall Express & Star , the Walsall Advertiser , the Scunthorpe Telegraph and the Rhondda Leader .

[Katy Clark in the Chair] — Backbench Business — Domestic Violence (Police Response) (10 Apr 2014) Mary Macleod: ...a refuge for men in the country. I feel passionate about the subject because of those statistics, and because the world’s first refuge was set up in my west London constituency, in Chiswick, by Erin Pizzey in 1971. That is partly why I got so involved in the issue. Sandra Horley as chief executive of Refuge, as well as Women’s Aid and the many other organisations in the area, do...

Contamination of Beef Products: Violence against Women and Girls (14 Feb 2013) Valerie Vaz: ...was part of the Richmond and Twickenham Times that I worked for as part of the Dimbleby newspaper group. He brought to the world’s attention the first woman’s refuge in Chiswick, started by Erin Pizzey. Both Malcolm and Erin were able to say to women, “We hear your silent scream and there is a safe place for you.” There is now a network of 45 safe houses that provide emergency...

Domestic Violence (11 Sep 2012) Steve Pound: ...degree; it is not sufficient, but it is there. It is simply not acceptable nowadays to perpetrate the sort of behaviour that was the norm when I was in my 20s in west London. Some 30 years ago, Erin Pizzey started the Chiswick women’s refuge. I remember going there on Christmas eve year after year with toys that we had collected for the children. It was explained that Pizzey, who was...

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Commons Reasons and Amendment (25 Apr 2012) Lord Blair of Boughton: ...limit on the time in which the evidence can be produced in a way that will provide legal assistance to those victims. Some of your Lordships will be experienced enough to remember the great Erin Pizzey, who was the first founder of women's refuges. Her book had the most staggeringly accurate title about the kind of man who would commit these offences. I do not mean to say that there are no...

Business of the House: UN Women (10 Mar 2011) Helen Grant: ...is a priority for UN Women, and it is this issue that I would like to speak about today. My first experience of domestic violence came when I was about 10 years old. My mother had been inspired by Erin Pizzey and, with some other women, helped to set up the very first women’s refuge in Carlisle, where we lived at the time. I remember going to the refuge with my mother sometimes. I would...

Women: Economic Crisis — Debate (12 Mar 2009) Baroness Howe of Idlicote: ...advice and encouragement to pupils of both sexes to try work experience in non-traditional areas is certainly needed but, especially, there is a need for more girls to study science and engineering and technology and to take up a far greater percentage of apprenticeships in practical, technological subjects. Finally, there is an effective campaign against violence towards women in the UK,...

Human Trafficking (8 Jul 2008) Denis MacShane: ...finding funds to allow local authorities to act—although, my goodness, we ask our local authorities to do far too much as it is. I remember when the first women's refuge was opened in Chiswick by Erin Pizzey 40-odd years ago. That was the first in Britain, but thank goodness, there are now many more. In each conurbation, we need a safe refuge for trafficked girls and women. I ask the...

Elder Abuse (1 Jul 2004) Sir David Amess: ...the public domain for the first time and I welcome that. Local and national newspapers and television also highlight such matters. On 27 April, The Times ran the headline, "The seasoned campaigner Erin Pizzey aims to stop the abuse of old people by their children or carers". The Daily Record came out with a similar report on 29 April in a letter from Mr. O'Hare. That is all in our...

Orders of the Day — Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords] (14 Jun 2004) Ann Keen: The first women's refuge in Britain and, I believe, in the world was set up in Chiswick, in my constituency, by Erin Pizzey. I became familiar with the work of refuges in the early 1980s when I was a nursing tutor at West Middlesex university hospital in my constituency and met Sandra Horley, who is now the chief executive of Refuge. Ever since, we have continued to be friends and to work...

Second Reading debate resumed. (15 Dec 2003) Baroness Howe of Idlicote: ...from them having nowhere to go. Thirdly—and perhaps more in middle-class backgrounds—the fear of family shame if neighbours knew. Some 25 years ago, a few of the braver victims joined with Erin Pizzey in setting up self-help women's refuges to which frightened women from serial inflictors of domestic violence could flee with their children. That was the beginning of a major change in...

New clause 15: PROVISION FOR THIRD PARTIES TO ACT ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (No. 3) (17 Jun 1996) Mr Paul Boateng: I endorse wholeheartedly what my hon. Friend has said. I have worked in family law for about 20 years and I began my career by working for a woman called Erin Pizzey, who ran one of the first refuges in west London. It astounds me that it is only when women are beginning to make some considerable gains in this area—in terms of winning public recognition of the fact that this is something...

Orders of the Day — Family Law Bill [Lords] (25 Mar 1996) Mr Paul Boateng: ...to live in cloud cuckoo land. My experience of family law dates back to the very start of my career as an articled clerk—long before going to the Bar—when I acted for a marvellous woman called Erin Pizzey, who was a founder of the women's refuge movement. There is not an estate in south London around which I have not been chased by a wife batterer or partner, for the entirely...

Estimates Day: Domestic Violence (21 Jul 1993) Ms Jean Corston: ...thicker than his own thumb. Thus, violence was legitimised for a long time, and passed into folklore. Only 20 years ago, it was still seen as solely a matter of feminist concern: it was then that Erin Pizzey wrote her seminal book "Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear". The hon. Member for Rochdale (Ms Lynne) and others have mentioned the effect of domestic violence on children and...