Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robert Buckland and Meg Munn

Tuesday 24th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[The Solicitor-General]

As I said a moment ago, had it not been for the Government’s changes in the law, we would not be bringing all those extra cases to court. The CPS is performing well against 11 of its 12 key performance measures, and is rising to the challenge. Conviction rates are broadly the same as they were five years ago, and I think that that should be met with encouragement rather than despair.

[Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab/Co-op)]

2. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current Crown Prosecution Service guidelines on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse.