Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 13 April 2021.
Barry Sheerman
Labour/Co-operative, Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice's recommendation that the real possibility test applied by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in referring cases to the appeal courts should be amended.
Barry Sheerman
Labour/Co-operative, Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in response to the recommendations of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice's inquiry into the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Chris Philp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
I am grateful to the members of the Westminster Commission for their valuable conclusions. The Ministry of Justice is giving careful consideration to the recommendations and officials will maintain oversight of those which fall to the independent Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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