§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his reply of 27 February, concerning the discontinuance of proceedings in rape cases, under what kinds of circumstances it has recently been considered that the public interest does not require a prosecution.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI regret that the information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The code for Crown prosecutors at paragraph 8(vi)(b) states that where a Crown prosecutor is satisfied as to the sufficiency of evidence in a rape case there will seldom be any doubt that a prosecution will be in the public interest.