Petitions/Review guidance on investigating crimes when reported by abusers
StatusOngoing
Opened27 Mar 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Review police guidance on investigating crimes and look at how victims of domestic/ sexual abuse and coercive control can be better protected from further traumatisation when their abusers report them to the police for crimes.

These crimes will be on the perpetrators orders, carried out by the victim under duress. Abusers can threaten victims and their families to coerce their victims into committing crimes. They then report them and the victims are retraumatized and face prosecution rather than being treated as victims. We feel a review is needed to look at how these reports are dealt with by police and the justice system.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Sarah Edwards
1Sarah Edwards MP
Tamworth
12
Dave Robertson
2Dave Robertson MP
Lichfield
6
Josh Newbury
3Josh Newbury MP
Cannock Chase
2
Leigh Ingham
4Leigh Ingham MP
Stafford
2
Sir Gavin Williamson
5Sir Gavin Williamson MP
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
2
Valerie Vaz
6Valerie Vaz MP
Walsall and Bloxwich
2
Warinder Juss
7Warinder Juss MP
Wolverhampton West
2
Wendy Morton
8Wendy Morton MP
Aldridge-Brownhills
1
Preet Kaur Gill
9Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Laurence Turner
10Laurence Turner MP
Birmingham Northfield
1