Domestic Abuse: Sentencing
Commons · Question 24536 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Josh Babarinde
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals to increase the maximum sentence for coercive control beyond five years.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 24 Jan 2025
Controlling and coercive behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the devastating impact that it has on victims.The Ministry of Justice has launched an Independent Review of Sentencing chaired by former Lord Chanc...