Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation MACP-33: Establish a rebuttable presumption for prosecution in the public interest test.
From Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report, published 24 February 1999.
Recommendation
That the CPS should consider that, in deciding whether a criminal prosecution should proceed, once the CPS evidential test is satisfied there should be a rebuttable presumption that the public interest test should be in favour of prosecution.
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Recommendation made
27.7 years ago