PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Criminal Proceedings: Advocacy (24 November 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish its response to its consultation, Enhancing the quality of criminal advocacy which closed on 27 November 2015.
Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)
Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)
Answer
The Government believes that high quality advocacy is vital to the effective functioning of our criminal justice system. We consulted on ways to preserve and enhance the quality of advocacy, including a proposal to create a panel of publicly funded criminal defence advocates. We will respond to this consultation, confirming the way forward, in due course.
Answered by:
Sir Oliver Heald (Conservative)
14 March 2017
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