Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to introduce new legislative proposals to enshrine in law key rights for victims.

The Government has made a commitment to publish a victims strategy in 2018. We are considering how compliance with the entitlements in the Victims’ Code might be improved and better monitored, and how those responsible for delivery of entitlements might be better held to account. We are looking at legislative and non-legislative options to give effect to the strategy.