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The situation is better on paper, and it is important that we get on with delivery, which includes the new and welcome commitments in the Bute house agreement on highly protected marine areas.
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Justice Committee 26 June 2018 Justice Committee 26 June 2018Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning and welcome to the Justice Committee’s 20th meeting in 2018.
England and Wales created a stand-alone offence of strangulation or suffocation, which came into force in June 2022. Northern Ireland created a new offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation, which came into force on 26 June 2023.
We all know that cultural change is important, but it is quite hard to describe cultures and to get them to change. It certainly must not feel like a bolt-on of a new activity.