Question follow-through · 52938
Crown Prosecution Service
To ask the Solicitor General, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of fast-tracking Crown Prosecution Service advice in (a) politically sensitive and (b) time-critical investigations.
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of fast-tracking Crown Prosecution Service advice in (a) politically sensitive and (b) time-critical investigations.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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27 May 2025
Answer published
It is vital that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is rightly operationally independent from Government, makes decisions as quickly as possible after a careful consideration of all relevant facts. As Solicitor General, I review and monitor CPS pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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