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Government’s Response to the Justice Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2017-19: Disclosure of Evidence in Criminal Cases

Published 18 December 2018

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The government's response

This document responds to 11th Report - Disclosure of evidence in criminal cases.

This is the government's response, published 18 December 2018.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response points to the Attorney General's Review as the main basis for action on disclosure and says it "agrees" that the Criminal Justice Board should oversee implementation.

  • On investment, the Attorney General and Ministers at the Home Office and Ministry of Justice "will write to the Justice Select Committee by 1st April 2019".
  • On digital material, the Ministry of Justice "will lay a revised Code before Parliament in 2019" (the CPIA Code of Practice), with changes also to be made to the Attorney General's guidelines.
  • On the magistrates' courts, the Ministry of Justice "will consult" on changes to the CPIA Code of Practice to bring in a rebuttable presumption in favour of disclosure for certain key material.
  • On a digital evidence strategy for police forces, the Home Office says "We agree that the range of activity, both current and proposed, should be drawn into a comprehensive strategy."

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