questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive and controlling behaviour.
answerText: The government has no plans to create a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive or controlling behaviour.The common law offence of manslaughter can already cover circumstances where death results from controlling or coercive behaviour or other...
heading: Domestic Abuse: Homicide