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Domestic Abuse: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on reviewing sentencing for instances of coercive control that leads to the suicide of the victim.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on reviewing sentencing for instances of coercive control that leads to the suicide of the victim.

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Tackling this issue is a core part of this Government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, and our VAWG strategy, which will be published in the summer, will look at how we can better understand, learn from and prevent f...

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