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Policies

The Victims' Commissioner has developed policies on the following issues.

  • Policy
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    11 February 2021
    VC responds to HMCPSI consultation on 2021-22 draft business plan
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    18 December 2020
    VC responds to Law Commission on reform of the communications offences
    Submission from Dame Vera Baird, Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, to the Law Commission consulation on reforms of communications offences.
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    18 December 2020
    VC responds to HMCTS rapid consultation on ‘Covid Operating Hours’
    Submission from Dame Vera Baird, Victims' Commissioner for England & Wales, to Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals System on their 'rapid consultation' on 'Covid Operating Hours' (COH) in the Crown Courts.
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    3 December 2020
    VC responds to MoJ consultation on making some parole hearings open to victims of crime and the wider public
    Submission from Dame Vera Baird QC, Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, to the Ministry of Justice 'Root and Branch' review of the parole system.
  • Policy
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    6 November 2020
    VC responds to the IRAL call for evidence on judicial review
    Submission from Dame Vera Baird QC, Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, to the Independent Review of Administrative Law Panel call for evidence.
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    3 November 2020
    VC responds to the CPS consulation on pre-therapy guidelines
    Submission of the Victims’ Commissioner to the CPS consultation on their pre-therapy guidelines
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    3 September 2019
    VC responds to the Government’s consultation on the Victim’s Code
    Response to the Government's consultation on the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime
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    10 May 2019
    Expanded Explanations in Sentencing Guidelines
    Response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on ‘Expanded Explanations in Sentencing Guidelines’.
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    7 March 2019
    VC Call for the appointment of a Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse
    VC Call for the appointment of a Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse
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    20 February 2019
    All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
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