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<p>As announced in the Queen’s Speech, the Government will bring forward legislation
to protect the victims of domestic violence and abuse.</p><p>The Bill will contain
a number of measures designed to protect victims and will give the justice system
greater guidance and clarity about the devastating impact of domestic violence and
abuse on families.</p><p>It will establish a Domestic Violence and Abuse Commissioner,
to stand up for victims and survivors, raise public awareness, monitor the response
of statutory agencies and local authorities and hold the justice system to account
in tackling domestic abuse.</p><p>It will also define domestic abuse in law, and create
a consolidated new domestic abuse civil prevention and protection order regime. The
Bill will ensure that if abusive behaviour involves a child, then the court can hand
down a sentence that reflects the devastating life-long impact that abuse can have
on a child.</p><p>The Bill is part of a programme of work designed to transform our
approach to domestic violence and ensure that victims have the confidence to come
forward and report their experiences, safe in the knowledge that the state and justice
system will do everything it can to both support them and their children, and pursue
their abuser.</p>
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