§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which organisations he has received comments on the "Victims Charter", published by his Department on 22 February 1990; and if he has plans to issue a revised edition in the light of such comments.
§ Mr. John PattenComments on the charter were received from the following bodies:
- Victim Support
- Council of Her Majesty's Circuit Judges
- Justices' Clerks' Society
- Lord Chancellor's Department
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Metropolitan Police
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Staffordshire Police
- Association of Chief Officers of Probation
- Northumbria Probation Service
- Merseyside Probation Service.
Many of the standards of service set out in the charter for the criminal justice agencies are already being met. Others are under discussion with the agencies concerned with a view to implementation as soon as practicable.