I am pleased to see my right hon. and learned Friend in his place. On the issue of the powers taken in this Bill for a referral to the Secretary of State, in the Justice Committee we heard evidence of other routes for the Secretary of State to intervene: through reconsideration, which has been in place for four years, and through set aside, which is a power that the Secretary of State has taken more recently. That has the added benefit of including victims within the process. Can he just set out what it is that the Bill is trying to achieve that those routes cannot in ensuring that ministerial oversight?
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Timpson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 May 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Victims and Prisoners Bill.
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