I think it's a long-standing issue, and the government is right to address it with stronger offences for coercive control and various types of sexual violence.
My comments and concerns pertain to how the offences are structured. There is precedent here, as other jurisdictions have moved to implement coercive control regimes. The one that has not resulted in a lot of success in England is very close to how this offence is worded. All of the different components are stand-alone, and they're very imprecisely defined.
You can have a situation wherein people are bringing forward cases that are not legitimate and that, in fact, won't withstand charter tests. We've seen this in England. In the predicate model, wherein multiple offences have to be strung together and over a defined period of time, it's a much more concrete and easily prosecutable offence, and it has resulted in much more success. I think the definition needs to be tightened in line with that.