HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 cc330-1W
Mr. Mark Robinson

To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement concerning his relationship with those Government Departments with prosecuting responsibilities which are not subject to his superintendence. [33363]

The Attorney-General

I do not expect to be routinely informed about prosecutions which I do not superintend merely because they are difficult or have a high, or potentially high, public profile. But it may well be appropriate to consult me in relation to cases raising, for example, particularly difficult public interest considerations, issues of propriety, or important issues of law of general importance.

It is always open to prosecutors to seek my guidance in relation to particular problems or issues, and open to any Department to drawn concerns about a prosecution to my attention, whether or not it is one which I superintend. A fuller account of my role is contained in a paper which I have placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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