Briefing: Victims and Prisoners Bill, Commons Second Reading (May 2023)

Amnesty International UK Briefing: Victims and Prisoners Bill (Second Reading)

This briefing summarises Amnesty International’s analysis of the Victims and Prisoners’ Bill (the Bill) from a human rights perspective, and raises particular concerns around Part 3 of the Bill on reforms to the Parole system in England and Wales.

Amnesty International urges MPs to attend the Bill’s second reading and:

- Call for amendments to Part 1 of the Bill that would enshrine the rights of victims in law, including through creating a firewall to protect migrant victims of crime from immigration enforcement;

- Call for amendments to Part 2 of the Bill that would strengthen the independence and powers of the Public Advocate;

- Oppose and call for the full removal of Part 3 of the Bill, which is a serious attack on basic human rights