HC Deb 20 July 1961 vol 644 c156W
53. Mr. Prentice

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a statement of Government policy arising out of the recent White Paper on compensating the victims of crimes of violence.

Mr. R. A. Butler

As the preface to the White Paper states, the Report of the Working Party has been published with a view to eliciting further opinions on the several questions of principle and the many practical difficulties which would have to be resolved before a decision could be taken to introduce any scheme of compensation. Time must be allowed for a careful study of the Report to be made and for these opinions to be expressed before consideration can be given to making a further statement of Government policy.