Dr. Tony WrightTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997(a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. [79271]
The Attorney-GeneralOn 12 June 1997 I established the review of the Crown Prosecution Service under the chairmanship of the right hon. Sir Iain Glidewell, a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. He was assisted by Sir Geoffrey Dear (a retired HM Inspector of Constabulary) and Mr. Robert McFarland (a retired Chief Executive of a multinational company). Their Report was published on 1 June 1998.
In February 1998 I established a Working Party to review the system of appointing Counsel to act for the Crown in civil cases and to monitor the use of advocates appointed to act. The Working Party was chaired by the then Solicitor-General (Lord Falconer QC) and included representatives from the Bar Council (Laura Cox and Lincoln Crawford) and the two First Treasury Counsel.
I announced I had accepted their recommendations in a written answer on 30 July 1998, Official Report, column 407. A copy of the Working Party's report has been placed in the Library of each House.
Dr. Tony WrightTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up(a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. [79249]
The Attorney-GeneralOn 12 June 1997 I established the review of the Crown Prosecution Service under the chairmanship of the right hon. Sir Iain Glidewell, a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. In February 1998 I established a Working Party to review the system of appointing Counsel to act for the Crown in civil cases and to monitor the use of advocates appointed to act. Neither of these set up sub groups, working parties or subsidiary committees.