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Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill

My hon. Friend mentions the Justice Committee. Is he aware of comments of the former Chair of the Committee, Sir Alan Beith, who said:

“There has been a failure by successive Governments to grant the CCRC an obvious and much-needed power to require private bodies to disclose documents to it…We could see no good reason as to why it has not been introduced, considering it has universal support”?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
603 c663 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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