Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ian Levy and Lucy Frazer

Thursday 20th May 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Solicitor General]

My hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of the victims Bill. As he says, that Bill will have prelegislative scrutiny, and we welcome the Justice Committee’s views on that. He is right to highlight the importance of the work that goes on pre-charge, as well as post-charge, and we will be looking carefully at those matters.

[Ian Levy (Blyth Valley) (Con)]

What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the CPS’s work to improve community confidence in its prosecution of hate crime.