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Written Question
Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
Thursday 18th June 2020

Asked by: Robert Courts (Conservative - Witney)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.

As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.

As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.