Daniel Kawczynski – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Kawczynski on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides to support children giving evidence in court in cases of a physical or sexual nature.

Mike Penning

Measures include the use of intermediaries to help communication, allowing witnesses to give evidence by way of pre-recorded video and /or live video links from outside the courtroom, screening the witness from the accused, removing people from the public gallery whilst the witness gives evidence and the removal of gowns and wigs.