Royal Commission on Criminal Justice Debate
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Lord German
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Royal Commission on Criminal Justice
Lord German Excerpts(3 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord German (LD) [V]
My Lords, the Minister has announced a White Paper on community sentencing and sentencing more widely, and that is to be followed by a government Bill. A royal commission will not examine those matters because they are already under way. So, having taken out a large chunk of the justice programme, what will be the main focus of what is left for the royal commission to examine?
Lord Keen of Elie
My Lords, as I said, the terms of reference have not yet been finalised but, clearly, the royal commission will be addressing some of the more fundamental issues with regard to the delivery of criminal justice in England and Wales.