HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc750-1W
Sir Ivan Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Criminal Cases Review Commission will be established; if he will list the names of the people who will be appointed as members; and when the commission will start work. [10396]

Mr. Howard

The Criminal Cases Review Commission will be established on 1 January 1997. Its members will beSir Frederick Crawford (Chairman)

  • Miss Fiona King
  • Mr. Laurence Elks
  • Mr. David Kyle
  • Mr. John Leckey
  • Miss Jill Gort
  • Mr. Baden Skitt
  • Mr. John Knox
  • Dr. James MacKeith
  • Mr. Karamjit Singh
  • Professor Leonard Leigh
  • Mr. Edward Weiss
  • Mr. Anthony Foster
  • Mr. Barry Capon.

The commission will need a period of time to appoint and train its staff, and to develop its working methods, before it takes on its caseworking responsibilities. It will take on responsibility for considering cases on 31 March 1997.