Solicitor-General written question – answered at on 7 April 2005.
Vera Baird
Labour, Redcar
To ask the Solicitor-General what research the law officers have (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons for the attrition rate in rape prosecutions.
Harriet Harman
Solicitor General (Law Officers), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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