A Bill to make provision for specifying new statutory rights and entitlements for victims of crime under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime; to require elected local policing bodies to assess victims services; to increase the duties of the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to grant victims the right to request a review of a decision not to prosecute; to establish reviews in homicides where no criminal charge has been made; to create an obligation on professions to notify cases of possible victims of child sexual abuse; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
10 September 2019
The Bill would set out formal rights and services for victims of crime, including a right to review a prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. It would require local policing bodies to assess and improve victim services, expand the duties of the Victims and Witnesses Commissioner, create reviews in certain homicide cases, and require some professionals to notify suspected child sexual abuse.
The Bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Lords and originated in the Lords, marking an early stage in its passage through Parliament.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 22 July.
The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
