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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jess Phillips)
The Government have today submitted a memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee regarding post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
The Home Office has carried out the post-legislative scrutiny, working with key Government and operational stakeholders, devolved Administrations, the domestic abuse sector, and a range of victims’ commissioners, including the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales. The memorandum includes an assessment of how the Act has worked in practice and sets out its findings in a Command Paper to the Committees.
The memorandum has been laid before the House as a Command Paper (CP 1575) and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will also be available from the Vote Office.
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