§ Lord Tebbitasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to Lord Bassam's undertaking of 31 January (H.L. Deb., col. 686) that the advice given and conclusion reached by Lord Birt in his role as adviser on crime will be reported to Parliament, whether they will now publish such material as has been submitted. [HL883]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)The work undertaken by Lord Birt was considered alongside that undertaken by the Home Office, the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Law Officer's Department and Her Majesty's Treasury in preparing the Government's strategy document,Criminal Justice: The Way Ahead (CM 5074), which was published on 26 February 2001.