Protective orders for people at risk of domestic abuse: consultation analysis

An analysis of responses to a consultation on the creation of new protective orders to provide greater protection for people experiencing domestic abuse


Footnotes

1. http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11165

2. The total is greater than the number of respondents to the consultation as many respondents who answered this question referred to various organisations/individuals who should be able to make an application.

3. a number of consultation respondents referred to the protective orders as 'emergency barring orders' or 'EBOs' as this language was used in the Istanbul Convention.

4. these issues are considered in the analysis of answers to questions 10 and 11 below.

5. See https://safelives.org.uk/node/516

6. It should be noted that these respondents did not support the creation of protective orders.

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