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The Committee

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Initial release 1968
Directors Peter Sykes
Screenplay Peter Sykes
Languages English Language
Composers Pink Floyd
Arthur Brown
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The Committee is a 1968 British independent black-and-white film noir film. It featured original music by Pink Floyd as well as Arthur Brown's song "Nightmare".

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Nov 24,2023 1:31 pm

supermarket workers should be trained to identify and help Domestic Violence victims during the pandemic, a code-word system, MPs have said.

Dame Vera Baird , victims Commissioner for England and Wales, said a scheme on the basis of the fight against sexual violence was urgently needed to help people during the lockdown. to Go

shopping was one of the few "channels of escape" for the victims, She Said .

calls to Domestic Violence help-lines have in the last three weeks.

The government has set aside to support an Extra £2m to victims of Domestic Violence services to help while the Home Office has called for an initiative, that the experience of Domestic Violence .

on the occasion of the government day coronavirus briefing, health Secretary to Matt Hancock said that the danger for the "right support", adding, "there are so many costs to this horrible epidemic and unfortunately, this is one of them."

Earlier, Dame Vera told the members of the Home Affairs Committee that the pandemic presented a unique challenge in relation to the identification and protection of vulnerable women and men.

you said there was evidence of a significant increase in the number of killings of women by men, including by a current or former Partner because of strict restrictions on the movement of people were imposed on 23. March.

She Said there had been an average of five deaths per week, since then, much higher than the average of the two in the week over the same period in previous years.

She Said the figures were based on research by the Counting dead women project, showed "the extent of The Crisis ".

The Police have said they have not yet seen an increase in Domestic Violence crimes, since The Virus struck, while the General crime reported to The Police in England and Wales fell from around 20% in the last few weeks.

help faith organizations to get the offender the benefit of the block to further isolate their victims, and stop them, help.

But lady Vera said, supermarkets and pharmacies could be asked to play a role, since you are "locked" in their houses and only occasional excursions.

"you are a very controlled man, but the likelihood is that you sent will still have to buy the food," She Said .

She Said if a victim was able to visit a supermarket that ask she or he an agreed code word to discreetly to help, to warn, the refuge, either The Police or A Woman .

A similar system was introduced in bars and other places in England, in the year 2016, with those who feared they were in danger of becoming a victim of a sexual assault stopped, ask you to 'Angela', as A Sign that she needed help.

Dame Vera urged the Minister to talk to retailers about such a system, what you said was recently introduced in France.

While many of the victims would not feel, to be able to talk to directly said to A Stranger , the Fund staff and other workers would be able to react quickly when you were told to come up with a code word.

"We need to be flexible, as people are locked up in their homes, and this is a channel of escape," she added.

Dame Vera also warned that the shelters were mostly full, and she appealed to the Minister to do more to convince hotel chains and universities provide accommodation where available.

Also appears in front of the MPs, said Domestic Violence Commissioner Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Violence , and Covid-19 were a "lethal combination" and the victims should have more time to abuse to The Police .

Labour's Yvette Cooper , Chairman of The Committee , said that while it restrict the government supports efforts to save lives through the movement, She Said , the reality was that many women were "not safe" in their homes.

activists welcomed shares in the last week's promise by the government of £750m in case of emergency financial support for charitable purposes, but said they were concerned about how it would be "fair" course.

Baljit Banga, executive director of Imkaan, said that many Belarusian organizations were not administered as part of the current system of support, through local authorities or police and crime commissioners.

"If it is mainly due to the existing conditions, then it is not Belarusian organizations. There are real concerns. "

For information and support in cases of Domestic Violence , contact:

Online web chats and SMS services are also available.



domestic abuse, coronavirus lockdown measures

Source of news: bbc.com

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