§ Lord Gainfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress is being made towards establishing the proposed criminal cases review authority recommended by the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)The Government have decided to establish a criminal cases review authority to review alleged miscarriages of justice. We have put in hand the detailed preparatory work which will be necessary before any new arrangements can be put in place. We shall be issuing a consultation paper early next year which will set out the issues, put forward our proposals for dealing with them and identify any practical problems which still need to be settled. My right honourable friend is sure that the paper will be of interest to many people and my right honourable friend looks forward to receiving their views on what it has to say.