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Right to Review schemes and communication to victims require significant improvement.
Conclusion
There is room for improvement to the Right to Review schemes and the communication of them to victims. The details of the schemes in the Code need to be clearer and the CPS and police need to improve their performance in informing victims of the schemes’ existence and how they operate, including a victim’s right to make representations under those schemes. Witnesses to our inquiry made a number 54 Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill of recommendations on how the Right to Review schemes could be improved. We have set these out in this Report and recommend the Government give each of them due consideration.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 19 January 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Justice Committee
Report
Second Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill
30 Sep 2022
HC 304
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.0 yrs
Report published
30 Sep 2022