Rape: Trials

(asked on 20th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review how section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is working.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 27th February 2017

The Attorney General and Justice Secretary are looking at how section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is working in practice. This includes examining the original policy intent of the legislation, its implementation and how it is currently operating.

This work is being led by officials in the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Office who are seeking views from the judiciary, practitioners and victims’ groups.

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