Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
25 March 2026
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Northern Ireland Affairs Committee House of Commons
00:04 - 01:03
Speaker 1
Order. Welcome to the Northern Ireland affairs select committee session on policing and security in Northern Ireland. And welcome to John Voucher, chief constable at the PSNI, and assistant chief constable Davy Beck. Thank you. Good morning.
So last week, we took evidence from the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips. And we spoke about male violence against women and girls. Thirty women have died violently in Northern Ireland since 2020, and statistics show that it is worse in Northern Ireland. Most recently, the case in Derry, London, Derry on the weekend, which is quite shocking. How do you, chief constable, deal with the fact the that it is worse in Northern Ireland, and how does your force address male violence against women and girls?
01:04 - 02:32
Speaker 2
Well, firstly, I think I'd share the committee's position in sending out my condolences to Amy's family for what's happened. Very recently, I met with Chloe Mitchell's family. Chloe was murdered in 2023. There's an ongoing prosecution for that case. Unimaginably difficult.
And, of course, we saw this week, earlier this week, the conviction of the individual who I won't name, for the murder of Nathi McNally as well. Through and I both Davy and I spoke to the lead investigation officer last night. I want to assure this committee and everybody, and I've done this repeatedly, and we're taking a number of steps, that violence against women and girls is a significant priority for the police service of Northern Ireland. I do want to make one point though, which often it's mentioned that violence against women and girls is more significant in Northern Ireland than elsewhere. Now I think that's possibly because in 2019 the BBC published an article using figures from Eurostat highlighting the number of homicides in Northern Ireland as being comparable to Romania and at the very high end of femicides in Europe.
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