§ Lord Brougham and Vauxasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they expect to issue a response to the report of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl. Ferrers)My right honourable friend has today placed in the Library of both Houses a paper which provides an interim government response to the report of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice.
Of the Royal Commission's 352 recommendations, we identified 308 as intended for action by government. Some 130 of these recommendations have already been accepted and virtually all the remainder are still under active and careful consideration.
My right honourable friend hopes that he will shortly be in a position to make available a further important response to the report of the Royal Commission by publishing a paper setting out how the Government propose to give effect to the Royal Commission's recommendations about the powers of the Court of Appeal, and new arrangements for considering alleged miscarriages of justice.