Ben Everitt MP has given his backing to a host of new amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill.
Last year, the Milton Keynes North MP co-sponsored an amendment that ensured domestic abuse victims would get priority housing - this was later accepted by the Government.
And the Government is now strengthening the Bill further with amendments that will:
- Add a new offence of non-fatal strangulation, punishable by up to five years in prison.
- Make controlling or coercive behaviour an offence, even if the victim no longer lives with the perpetrator.
- Widen the legislation to ensure threats to share ‘revenge porn’ or intimate images are punishable.
Ben said: "I was proud my co-sponsored amendment was accepted by the Government last year as it will make a real difference to domestic abuse victims and I'm pleased the Government will be strengthening this important Bill even further.
"We are doing more to protect victims and to clamp down on the perpetrators of these heinous crimes."
