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    28 May 2021
    Victims’ Survey 2021
    Have you been a victim of or reported a crime in the past three years? Tell us about your experience
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    24 May 2021
    The Victims’ Commissioner calls for legal aid for inquests in letter to Lord Chancellor
    Dame Vera Baird QC writes to the Lord Chancellor to outline further options for the funding of legal representatives at inquests.
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    10 March 2021
    Response from the Victims’ Commissioner on the APP extraction of digital data guidance
    'Authorised Professional Practice: The extraction of digital data from personal devices' consultation response
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    8 March 2021
    The Office of the Victims’ Commissioner Evidence Submission for the VAWG Strategy
    Submission from Dame Vera Baird, Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, to the Home Office consultation on the VAWG Strategy
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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.
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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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