Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Ann Coffey Excerpts
Tuesday 12th March 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Edward Argar Portrait Edward Argar
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My hon. Friend is consistent in speaking up for victims’ rights, and I believe that his county’s police and crime commissioner has spoken about such rights more broadly. He is right that the victims strategy seeks to adopt an approach that will give a more consistent level of support across the country.

Ann Coffey Portrait Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Ind)
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I welcomed last week’s announcement of an end-to-end review of how rape and sexual violence cases are handled across the criminal justice system. Am I right in my understanding that the review will also consider the effect of rape myths on juries?

Edward Argar Portrait Edward Argar
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The hon. Lady highlights an issue that the House has quite rightly debated on several occasions. I hope that all such relevant considerations will be examined in the end-to-end review.