Crown Prosecution Service
Debate between Anne Main and Gareth Johnson(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con)
I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. I certainly agree with her that we need to put the victims of crime at the centre of the criminal justice system and its work.
I have worked at Bexley magistrates court, to which the hon. Lady referred. Does she welcome the work of the witness support service there, which has assisted, over many years now, both prosecution and defence witnesses when they attend court? And does she also—
Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that interventions are usually brief and of a singular nature.