Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to come forward with a Policing and Criminal Justice Bill; and whether that Bill will first be published in draft.

The Policing and Criminal Justice Bill will be introduced later this session; the date of introduction will be confirmed in due course. Many of the provisions of the Bill have been subject to extensive consultation; accordingly the Bill will not be published in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny.