Document Type: Policy Paper

The Government has a strategic aim to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. To support this ambition, a new 10-year government Strategy is set to be published this autumn.

This paper outlines six foundational principles that the Victims’ Commissioner believes must underpin this Strategy if the Government is to deliver meaningful and lasting progress towards this aim.

This document contains the Office of the Victims’ Commissioner written evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Victims and Prisoners Bill.