Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Phillip Lee and Richard Burden

Tuesday 24th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Dr Lee]

The police response to domestic abuse has improved in recent years, and action has been taken to address the inspector of constabulary’s recommendation that domestic abuse should be a force-wide priority. The police are referring over 19,000 more cases to the Crown Prosecution Service than they were in 2010. In the courts, the listing of cases is a judicial function, and they have a responsibility to ensure that all cases are heard by an appropriate judge with the minimum of delay.

[Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab)]

17. What recent representations he has received on legal aid for families of the victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.