Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 2 of the Police Accountability Rapid Review published by Sir Adrian Fulford and Tim Godwin, what progress his Department has made on launching a public consultation on the standard of proof for unlawful killing conclusions in coronial inquests; and what his planned timetable is for launching that consultation.

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.