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Moving on to Amendments 28 and 31, we have the opportunity in the Bill to give ASB case reviews real clout when agencies repeatedly let victims down. The ASB case review must serve its intended function in offering a route to redress for victims and not simply yet another way for agencies to mark their own homework and ignore the issues that victims face. Amendments 28 and 31 would place the ASB case review threshold in statute. If implemented, this would provide absolute clarity for agencies and victims, eliminating local caveats, removing extra hurdles for victims and preventing the inconsistent application currently enabled by legislative discretion.