Crime: Victims

(asked on 14th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on developing the terms of reference for the 12 month review of the workings of the victims' code.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 20th March 2017

I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 9 February to her previous questions and the statement made by the Minister of State for the Home Office, Baroness Williams of Trafford, in the Other Place on 18 January. These set out the issues with the Victims’ Code that we are considering as we develop our strategy for victims. The strategy, and details of appropriate action that we will take to give effect to it, will be set out by January 2018.

As the Honourable Member is aware I have started engaging with victims and victims’ groups on the strategy. On 14 March we both attended the cross-party Victims’ Forum, convened by Voice4Victims and chaired by Baroness Brinton of Kenardington, and I welcome contributions from the participants.

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