United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 190661
Domestic Abuse and Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
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21 June 2023
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28 June 2023 · Answer
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28 June 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 in bringing prosecutions against (a) abusive partners and (b) traffickers who have coerced wome
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21 June 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 in bringing prosecutions against (a) abusive partners and (b) traffickers who have coerced wome
Source: Commons
28 June 2023
Answer
It is important that the law protects those who may be coerced into having an abortion. Section 58 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (use of poison or instrument to cause a miscarriage) can be used to prosecute those who coerce a woman to have a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-21/190661
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1646378
- uk · wq-1646378 · source updated 28 June 2023