§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will build on some of the local schemes for helping the victims of crime and seek to introduce a national scheme.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI consider that, at least for the present, this is a matter better left to local initiative, which I very much welcome. Most of the local schemes have recently joined in forming a National Federation of Victims Support Schemes; officials of the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security recently met representatives of the federation to discuss its aims.