Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to raise the standard of proof required for conclusions of unlawful killing at inquests from the civil standard back to the criminal standard.

The Government accepted the recommendation by the independent Police Accountability Rapid Review that there should be a full public consultation on the issue of the standard of proof for the short-form conclusion of unlawful killing in inquests.

We are committed to launching the consultation as soon as practicable and will carefully consider all responses before deciding on any next steps.