United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3608
Crimes of Violence
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17 May 2022
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23 May 2022 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of (a) the dangers of strangulation, (b) that a person can die after seconds of strangulation, (c) that survivors may have no visible marks yet have serious medic
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17 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of (a) the dangers of strangulation, (b) that a person can die after seconds of strangulation, (c) that survivors may have no visible marks yet have serious medic
Source: Commons
23 May 2022
Answer
The new offence of non-fatal strangulation, in section 70 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, comes into force early next month. There will be media communications to mark the introduction and the Government will continue to highlight the dangers that can res...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-17/3608
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1463464
- uk · wq-1463464 · source updated 23 May 2022