§ 23. Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Solicitor-General if she will make a statement on the role of the Crown Prosecution Service in tackling animal rights extremism. [187724]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe Crown Prosecution Service takes very seriously the prosecution of animal rights extremists who commit criminal offences.
There is now a co-ordinator for this work in each CPS area.
The Attorney-General is a member of the inter-ministerial group tackling animal rights extremism and chairs the forum of the agencies who are engaged in dealing with this problem.