HC Deb 01 April 2003 vol 402 c670W
Vera Baird

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the research evaluating the effect of section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill 1999 on the admission of previous sexual history in rape trials will be published. [105527]

Hilary Benn

[holding answer 28 March 2003]: The research project began in November 2002 and is expected to continue into next year. We hope to publish the findings by late summer 2004