Research Briefing
The CCRC was created to prevent a repeat of the notorious miscarriages of justice of the 1970s and 1980s.This Commons briefing paper provides an overview of the commission's approach to applications, its history and of the debate as to whether it is fit for purpose.
Research Briefing
Prisoner categorisation centres around an assessment of risk and the need for supervision. Whether prisoners in England and Wales are being recategorised simply to fill spaces in open prisons remains controversial.
Research Briefing
Constituents sometimes express concerns about nearby properties they think might be housing ex-offenders. This note gives background on the Bail Accommodation and Support Service, which houses people on bail and released early from prison in the community.
Research Briefing
Individuals who have received legal aid may, at the end of the case, have to repay some or all of their legal aid costs. The Legal Aid Agency has been trying to recoup money owed via the statutory charge.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on access to justice in Wales has been scheduled for Tuesday 15 December 2015 at 1630hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Carolyn Harris.
Research Briefing
Concerns about “advice deserts” are not new, but were revived by the changes to legal aid which (critics claimed) might have an adverse impact on providers of legal aid and so leave people with legal problems with fewer sources of help.
Research Briefing
Many changes have been made to the way in which the legal aid scheme is organised and managed but the current scheme is, in essence, the same as it was when founded in 1948. A green paper on legal aid reform was published on 15 November 2010. Perhaps its most controversial aspect was the proposal to take some categories of case out of scope for funding.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library Briefing gives an overview of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill which would provide for an extension of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s powers to obtain information to aid its inquiries.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on the implementation of the Transforming Rehabilitation programme has been scheduled for Wednesday 28 October 2015 at 0930hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Stephen Kinnock.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper considers transparency in the family courts, including communication of information and media attendance, and background on recent changes in this area.
Debate Pack
This is an archived Commons Library Debate pack on Court and Tribunal Closures from 2015.
Research Briefing
This briefing provides a downloadable tool which allows the user to make a graphical comparison of unsuspended custodial sentences for like crimes across the EU. Two countries may be selected for comparison of nine different offence types, with graphs showing the percentage of custodial sanctions awarded by sentence length.
Research Briefing
This book examines the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament - from the public finances to the UK’s membership of the EU and from school places for children to climate change.
Research Briefing
Substantial changes to the law on anti-social behaviour have come into force as a result of the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014. The Government is replacing a number of the legal remedies currently available. This Note gives a summary of the new powers.
Research Briefing
The Serious Crime Bill [HL] 2013-14 had its second reading in the Commons on 5 January 2015. Library Research Paper 14/67 Serious Crime Bill provides background on the proposals in the Bill.
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