§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Attorney-General when he expects to complete the new code for crown prosecutors.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe publication of the code for crown prosecutors is a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions. As I announced to the House on 15 December last year, the code is presently being reviewed in order to simplify its language and to make it a document which is more easily understood by police officers and 15W members of the public who are not lawyers. The limited public consultation phase has just been completed and the director, with her staff, are presently considering the responses which have been received. I understand that the director is hoping to publish the code in the early summer.