Clause 30 - Authorities within Commissioner's remit
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Ms Vera Baird (Redcar, Labour)
Although this note is in a minor key, related to the importance of ASBOs, which my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) has rightly put her finger on, we are initiating a new kind of proceeding in the Bill: post-acquittal proceedings for a restraint order. They will be civil proceedings, and none of the witnesses involved will be protected by the activities of the commissioner.