Speeches by Munt.

“Do you want to add anything, Damon?”

“I assume that might have the potential to affect the quality of decision making.”

“My questions are directed to those of you who have had a little bit of cumulative experience. I wanted to ask you how useful you felt the Dissolution guidance was at the last election, and how you found the winding-up process to be.”

“The Government would probably say that Clause 1 has all sorts of provisions designed to protect its independence. Will they have any practical effect?”

“Last month the former Defence Secretary said that he believed he was misled by his own Department while he was Defence Secretary. Former Scotland Secretary Baroness Liddell, who sat on the Philip review panel, said that she was misled. Given that, surely the Secretary of State must support the Chinook Justice Campaign …”

“I welcome the Minister’s statement. Has she considered the merits of establishing an office of the whistleblower, which would create new legal protections for those who declare wrongdoing and promote greater public awareness of whistleblowers’ rights? Will the Government ensure that there are criminal sanctions on offi…”

“Have you any observations about how things might be improved in future after a major disaster like that? Obviously, these things are complex; I understand that—we all would. But you have no observations that might manage to truncate that process before we get to the point where charging decisions are made.”

“Hello, Stephen. My name is Tessa Munt. I am the MP for Wells and Mendip Hills, which is in Somerset. Everything is on the register, but I will just highlight the fact that I am a director of WhistleblowersUK, which is a not-for-profit organisation, and the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on penal affair…”

“Yes. This is at the other end of the time question. I am aware that you have recused yourself from all charging decisions relating to Grenfell Tower. I am not asking about that but I want to raise a particular situation. In May, the Met police said it would submit its remaining evidence to the CPS on the potential crim…”

“Can I move to support for victims? Could you set out the interactions that a victim might expect to have with the CPS during the route through the criminal justice system?”

“I am particularly keen that this matter is progressed at speed, because the fees for victims who want to get their transcripts are eye-watering. My constituent is a victim of domestic violence and her barrister needs transcripts of her hearing in the family court now to appeal against procedural irregularities and erro…”

“13. What steps he is taking to make all court transcripts free for victims.”

“Do you feel that in other situations other victims would have to endure exactly the same decade-long delay until somebody is able to prosecute?”

“I engage with people all day. I do not know whether that means it is very active.”

“I quite like to deal with real people. You can write all the processes you like, but if people do not follow them, it is absolutely no good at all, is it?”

“Do you feel that you have responsibility to do that? You say you are working with the Ministry of Justice and you are working with these people or those people. Do you feel you have a part to play? It feels a little bit at arm’s length. I do not wish to be too rude, but it feels as though everybody else is doing it and…”

“Can I take you to another case? The HMCPSI’s inspection of the CPS’s actions in the Valdo Calocane case found that, although the CPS had generally met its obligations with regard to bereaved families in that case, the families were really clear that they felt unsupported and secondary to the whole process. I suspect th…”

“How well do you feel criminal justice bodies collaborate in sharing information to support victims?”

“Do you mean from the point of incident through to the end of the court hearing? Is that what you are saying?”

“That is not really acceptable, is it, because the repetition of one’s story is the most damaging thing—that you keep having to tell people?”