Committees

Investigation and prosecution of rape

Inquiry

As part of the Committee’s overarching work into violence against women and girls, the Committee wishes to explore the key question of why rape prosecutions are falling. 

Read the terms of reference for more detail about this work.

The Committee is keen to understand from victims and survivors of rape and serious sexual assault what changes they think could help improve the experience of reporting what has happened to the police and going to court to get justice.

Find out more about the Committee’s wider work into violence against women and girls.

Warning - some of the written evidence published as part of this inquiry may contain explicit language or comments that some readers may find offensive.

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Past events

Wednesday 15 December 2021
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Investigation and prosecution of rape - Oral evidence 15 December 2021
10:00am
  • Rachel Maclean (Minister for Safeguarding at Home Office)
  • Jaee Samant (Director General, Public Safety Group at Home Office)
  • Jerome Glass (Director General, Policy and Strategy Group at Ministry of Justice)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Monday 13 December 2021
4:20pm Private
4:30pm Public
Investigation and prosecution of rape - Oral evidence 13 December 2021
4:30pm
  • Max Hill QC (Director of Public Prosecutions at Crown Prosecution Service)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 1 December 2021
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Investigation and prosecution of rape - Oral evidence 1 December 2021
10:00am
  • Kirsty Brimelow QC (Vice-Chair at The Criminal Bar Association)
  • Ellie Cumbo (Head of Public Law at The Law Society)
  • Professor Penney Lewis (Criminal Law Commissioner at The Law Commission)
  • Derek Sweeting QC (Chair at The Bar Council)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 20 October 2021
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Investigation and prosecution of rape - Oral evidence 20 October 2021
10:00am
  • Rt Hon Lady Dorrian
  • Rt Hon Sir John Gillen
  • Baroness Stern CBE
11:00am
  • Sarah Crew
  • Donna Jones
  • David Tucker (Faculty Lead on Crime and Criminal Justice at College of Policing)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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