Victims Justice System Reform

Court Modernisation

UIN: HCWS1356 This Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse. Trials are taking longer, hearings are being cancelled, and victims are facing unacceptable delays.As the Independent Review of Criminal Courts (IRCC) concluded, without action,...

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts – Part 1 Report

UIN: HCWS795 This Government inherited a justice system in crisis with huge delays to hearings and victims left in limbo waiting to see justice done. To bear down on the backlog and deliver swifter justice for victims, I commissioned Sir …

Victim Impact Statements in the Mental Health Tribunal (Section 21 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024)

UIN: HLWS731 My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones MP) has today made the following statement:"I am pleased to announce that the Government has commenced another victim-related measure in the Victims and Pr...

Commencement of Part 1 and Part 4 provisions of the Victims and Prisons Act 2024

UIN: HLWS394 My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin MP) has today made the following statement:"I am pleased to announce that today the Government has commenced the first tranche of victim-related measures ...

Domestic Murder Sentencing Reforms

UIN: HCWS286 This Government has set out its ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. Today, I am announcing that the Law Commission has accepted my request to undertake a review of the law of homicide …

Imprisonment for Public Protection: Changes to Licence

UIN: HCWS72 It is right that Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were abolished. We worked constructively in opposition to progress IPP reforms in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which represent sensible changes to help rehabilitated offenders serv...

Delivering justice for victims

UIN: HCWS53 Today the Government is publishing a draft Victims Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, ensuring we will deliver on our manifesto commitment to pass and implement a Victims Law.We are also publishing a wider package of measures that put victims …

Delivering justice for victims

UIN: HLWS52 My right honourable friend the Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Dominic Raab) has made the following written statement.'Today the Government is publishing a draft Victims Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, ensurin...

Public Protection Update

UIN: HCWS744 Today, the Government is publishing the ‘Root and Branch Review of the Parole System: The Future of the Parole System in England and Wales’.As Secretary of State for Justice, I am committed to protecting the public and improving …

Justice Update

UIN: HCWS457 Today the Government is publishing a package of measures that will collectively raise the voice of victims in our criminal justice system and strengthen the accountability of all the agencies charged with supporting them.We are publishing a consultation …

Justice Update

UIN: HLWS442 My right honourable friend the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has made the following written statement:'Today the Government is publishing a package of measures that will collectively raise the voice of victims …

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

UIN: HCWS266 Today I would like to update the House on how the government is protecting the public and providing justice for victims following the Opposition day debate of 9 June 2021.Impact of Covid-19The Covid-19 pandemic has had a truly …

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

UIN: HLWS260 My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement. "Today I would like to update the House on how the government is protecting the public and …

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 — Press notices: Have your say on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill