Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Attorney General
REPLY TO JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE
DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL BILL (PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL: EVIDENCE GIVEN ON 10 MARCH)
May I start by apologising for any misunderstanding
that may have arisen from my reply to your question on Tuesday
about the Government's response to your Committee's Fourth Report
of 2007-08 on the draft Constitutional renewal Bill. I am grateful
to you for giving me the opportunity to clarify the position.
It remains the Government's intention formally
to respond to the Report once we have taken a final decision on
the wider constitutional reform programme, of which reform of
the role of the Attorney General is just one part. The response
will be published ahead of the Constitutional Renewal Bill's introduction
to Parliament.
I am very grateful to you and your Committee
for your continued forbearance and for allowing this extra time
in which to respond to your report.
I'm so sorry I misunderstood
Rt Hon Baroness Scotland, of Asthal QC
March 2009
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