NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS WEEK

That this House notes that 18 to 24 April is National Stalking Awareness Week; recognises that the 2016 campaign is entitled Stalking Counts and is being organised to highlight online stalking as well as raising awareness of the support available to victims of stalking; appreciates the work done by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust in tackling stalking and providing support to those who are subject to it; further notes the research report Stalker in Your Pocket which shows and 18 per cent of women and eight per cent of men in the UK have been stalked, with many people still not reporting that they have been victims of stalking; and calls for more support to be provided to those who are victims of this crime and for local and national agencies to demonstrate a clear commitment to improving the recognition, reporting and prosecution of stalking.