Rape: Criminal Prosecutions

Lord Cormack Excerpts

Tuesday 28th June 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

I entirely understand the noble Lord’s point. This is a matter for the Home Secretary.

[Lord Cormack (Con)]

Although I have total sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, said, would my noble and learned friend agree that it is vital that we never lose sight of the basic principle of English justice—namely, that a man or woman is innocent until proven guilty?

[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

Yes.