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Written question asked by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Thursday, 13 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. It was answered by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Admissibility of Evidence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of occasions where judges have allowed evidence in breach of ss41 3 (c) (i) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Secretary of State and Attorney General agreed to look at how section 41 is operating in practice and the Crown Prosecution Service is currently conducting a study of a sample of case files.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
70395
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Admissibility of evidence Judges
Legislation
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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