Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 40
40
Accepted
Paragraph: 132
Retain Victims' Commissioner's duty to oversee Victims' Code nationally, excluding Clause 11(2)(a)
Recommendation
We support the then Minister’s ambition for the role of the Victims’ Commissioner to have ‘even greater national prominence.’ We recommend that the Victims’ Commissioner retains a duty to oversee the operation of the Victims’ Code at a national level. Clause 11(2)(a) should not be included in the Bill.
Government Response Summary
The government will amend the Bill to retain the Victims’ Commissioner’s duty to oversee the operation of the Victims’ Code at a national level and will implement this change ahead of introduction.
Paragraph Reference:
132
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
67. The intended effect of the draft Bill was to avoid duplication in light of the new duty placed on PCCs to keep under review local Victims’ Code compliance under Clause 5. On consideration of the Committee’s findings, we will amend the Bill to retain the Victims’ 22 Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill: Government Response Commissioner’s duty to oversee the operation of the Victims’ Code at a national level and will consider how the guidance accompanying Clause 5 might best clarify the remit of the PCCs’ new role, to ensure it complements the Victims’ Commissioner’s retained oversight duty. We thank the Committee for their recommendation and will implement this change to the Bill ahead of introduction.