Learning-Disabled Victims Of Crime

EDM number 444 in 1997-98, proposed by Beverley Hughes on 12/11/1997.

That this House welcomes the establishment of the Home Office's interdepartmental review of the criminal justice system; believes that many learning-disabled victims of crime are denied a fair hearing in court because they are seen as unreliable witnesses; and calls upon the review to consider how learning-disabled victims can receive fair treatment within the criminal justice system and in particular from the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.