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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-09more like thismore than 2019-04-09
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Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General remove filter
hansard heading Criminal Proceedings: Evidence more like this
house id 1 more like this
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25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to tackles failures in the disclosure of evidence through encouraging early engagement between prosecution and defence teams in criminal cases. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion more like this
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Ben Lake more like this
uin 242930 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Attorney General’s ‘Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of disclosure in the criminal justice system’, published in November 2018, highlighted the need for early engagement. The Review includes recommendations on pre-charge engagement and proportionate frontloading to ensure there is a better balance between streamlining work and performing disclosure obligations early. This National Disclosure Improvement Plan, which contains commitments made by the CPS, NPCC and College of Policing, also highlights the importance of engagement between the prosecution and the defence.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
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answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland remove filter
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this