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<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the police and other frontline agencies
have the tools they need to respond effectively to domestic violence and abuse. <br><br>We
launched an eight week consultation last August to ask whether the law around domestic
abuse needs to be strengthened and subsequently announced we would create a specific
offence of domestic abuse which captures coercive and <br>controlling behaviour. <br><br>The
offence will be introduced as a Government amendment to the Serious Crime Bill and
will impose a maximum five years imprisonment, a fine, or both.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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