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Written question asked by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Friday, 13 March 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 March 2015. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 March 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


Bail

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Browning on 12 July 2011 (HL Deb, col 609), what consultation on matters relating to bail and the conditions that apply has taken place to date.

Answer

The College of Policing consulted between 27 March and 21 July 2014 on a set of ‘bail management principles’ that the police had introduced in 2013. The results of that consultation were published by the College on 11 December 2014 and are available on its website www.college.police.uk.

Alongside these improvements in the management of pre-charge bail, my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary considered that it would also be appropriate to introduce statutory time limits. As a result, the Home Office published a consultation on this on 18 December 2014, which closed on 8 February and is available on the gov.uk website. We are currently considering the 300 responses to the consultation and hope to publish the Government’s response, including proposals for legislation, shortly.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5722
Session
2014-15
Related items
Police (Detention and Bail) Bill
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords
Subjects
Bail
Link
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