HC Deb 25 April 1991 vol 189 c532W
16. Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to bring forward proposals to prevent convictions based on uncorroborated confessions in police custody; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The use of uncorroborated confession evidence is within the remit of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, as I announced to the House on 14 March. We shall consider what changes may be needed in the light of the commission's findings.