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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Victoria Collins Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd June 2025

(3 days, 20 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Collins Portrait Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted) (LD)
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T10.   My constituent Charlotte—a victim of abuse herself—has long campaigned for justice through transcripts and highlights how they can help victims to move forward with their lives. How can we ensure that victims are provided with sentencing remarks even if the accused is acquitted in a rape case?

Sarah Sackman Portrait Sarah Sackman
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The Ministry of Justice currently provides free sentencing remarks for victims of murder and manslaughter. As of last month, we have made permanent our pilot to provide those sentencing remarks to victims of rape. The hon. Lady will understand that providing full transcriptions is a costly exercise, which is why we are undertaking testing of artificial intelligence to make transcripts available in future in a lower-cost and timely manner.