Written evidence — Victims and Prisoners Act 2024

Written evidence to the Committee stage in the Commons

46 submissions20 Jun – 11 Jul 2023

Evidence submitted to the committee by organisations and members of the public. Each submission carries the committee’s own reference.

20 Jun 202313 received
VPB01the Restorative Justice Council
VPB02the Suzy Lamplugh Trust
VPB03the Law Society of England and Wales
VPB04Keep Prisons Single Sex
VPB05Napo Trade Union for Probation and Family Courts staff
VPB06Victim Support
VPB07the Prison Reform Trust
VPB08Lorna Hackett, Barrister, Head of Legal Practice at Hackett & Dabbs LLP and a tenant at Millennium Chambers
VPB09Rape Crisis England & Wales, End Violence Against Women coalition, Centre for Women's Justice and Rights of Women (joint submission) - The need for a bespoke regime to protect confidentiality of therapy records in rape investigations and prosecutions
VPB10Rape Crisis England & Wales, End Violence Against Women coalition, Centre for Women's Justice and Rights of Women (joint submission) - Independent legal advice for rape victims and survivors
VPB11The Howard League for Penal Reform
VPB12Liberty
VPB13the Centre for Women's Justice
22 Jun 202317 received
VPB14The Josh Hanson Charitable Trust
VPB15Solace Women's Aid
VPB16Why me?
VPB17Tackling Double Disadvantage Partnership
VPB18the Criminal Justice Alliance
VPB19Respect and The Drive Partnership
VPB20Refuge
VPB21Spotlight on Corruption
VPB22The Bell Foundation
VPB23Surviving Economic Abuse
VPB24Women's Aid Federation of England
VPB25Joint written evidence submitted on behalf of the following VAWG organisations: End Violence Against Women Coalition, Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid), Latin American Women's Rights Service, Solace Women's Aid, Refuge, Agenda Alliance, Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid, Respect, Centre for Women's Justice, Traveller Movement, Surviving Economic Abuse, Hibiscus Initiatives, Safety4Sisters and Southall Black Sisters
VPB26the Latin American Women's Rights Service and the Step Up Migrant Women campaign
VPB27The Bar Council and the Law Society (joint submission)
VPB28The Bar Council
VPB29the Office of the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales
VPB30the Anti-trafficking & Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU), Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), Kalayan, and the Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS) (joint submission)
27 Jun 20233 received
VPB31Claire Waxman OBE, Independent Victims' Commissioner for London (supplementary submission)
VPB32SafeLives (supplementary submission)
VPB33the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
29 Jun 20234 received
VPB34JUSTICE
VPB35Amnesty International UK
VPB36Dr Stuart Murray, Bereaved family member of Manchester Arena bombing
VPB37the Local Government Association
04 Jul 20234 received
VPB38Tim Suter, solicitor, Manchester Arena Inquiry and Hillsborough Inquest (supplementary submission)
VPB39the Prisoners' Advice Service
VPB40the Association of Prison Lawyers
VPB41the National Police Chiefs' Council (supplementary submission)
06 Jul 20231 received
VPB42the Magistrates' Association
11 Jul 20234 received
VPB43International Justice Mission
VPB44Catch22
VPB45NHS England (supplementary submission)
VPB46the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) (supplementary submission)

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Victims and Prisoners Bill (Act 2024)