Clause 32
Coroners and Justice Bill
8:45 pm
Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to consider new clause 17—Report to Lord Chancellor
‘(1) The Chief Coroner must give to the Lord Chancellor an annual report which—
(a) contains matters that the Chief Coroner wishes to bring to the attention of the Lord Chancellor,
(b) includes matters which the Lord Chancellor has asked the Chief Coroner to include in the report,
(c) contains an assessment for that year of the consistency of standards between the coroner areas,
(d) contains a summary for that year of the number, nature and outcome of appeals under section 30, and
(e) contains a summary of the recommendations made by senior coroners under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4.
(2) A report covering one year must be given to the Lord Chancellor by 1 July the following year.
(3) The Lord Chancellor must publish all reports provided under this section and must lay a copy before each House of Parliament within 60 days of receiving a copy of the report.’.