Part 2: The Domestic Abuse Commissioner Section 11: Framework document
This section makes provision in respect of a framework document. The framework document will in effect be a joint statement of how the Home Secretary and Domestic Abuse Commissioner propose to work together.
	Subsection (2) provides that the framework document will deal with, amongst other things, matters relating to governance (including scrutiny by Parliament and Senedd Cymru (the renamed National Assembly for Wales effective from 6 May 2020)), and the funding and staffing of the Commissioner’s office; and matters relating to the exercise of functions of the Commissioner (including, for example, working in partnership with the National Advisers appointed under the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015). It is intended that the framework document will, in addition, set out the process by which the Home Secretary exercises the powers in sections 8(4), 9(6) and 14(4) to direct the Commissioner to remove certain prejudicial information from their reports or advice, including clear time limits for the required consultation with the Commissioner so as not to delay publication.
	Subsections (3) provides that the Commissioner must have regard to the framework document in exercising functions under Part 2. Similarly, subsection (4) provides that the Home Secretary must have regard to the framework document when exercising any functions in relation to the Commissioner.
	The Home Secretary must consult and obtain the approval of the Commissioner before issuing any framework document (subsection (6)). Subsection (7) requires the Secretary of State to consult Welsh Ministers in preparing the first framework document or any subsequent revision which is, in the Home Secretary’s view, significant.
	The Secretary of State is required to lay the framework document (and any subsequent revisions) before Parliament and arrange for it to be published in the manner which the Home Secretary considers appropriate (subsection (8)). The Welsh Ministers are required to lay a copy of the report before Senedd Cymru (subsection (9)).