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The Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers of the Crown, together with the Advocate General for Scotland), have three main functions:

Guardians of the public interest.
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Chief Legal Advisers to the government.
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Criminal Justice Ministers.
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The Attorney General and Solicitor General have overall responsibility for the Treasury Solicitor and supervise the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the DPP for Northern Ireland.

The Attorney General has recently prepared statements and given oral evidence to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee on the current role of the Attorney General. To view these in detail, please use the following links: Functions - Other Jurisdictions - Constitutional Role - Attorney's Oral Evidence Further Memorandum 11 May 2007.

 

Please click here for the Attorney General's One Year Review 2008

Please click here for the National Fraud Authority

Please click here for the Fraud Review

 

Cymraeg (Welsh)
Fe wnawn ni ddarparu dogfenni wedi'u cyfieithu ar gais
(We will provide translated documents upon request)


 

What's New  
16 June 2009  
Press Release: Baby Peter Unduly Lenient Sentence Decision  
   
8 June 2009  
Attorney General Speech: Faith in the Public Space - The New Enlightenment - at Churches' Media Conference  
   
28 May 2009  
Recruitment Campaign for Special Advocates  
   
8 May 2009  
Attorney General Speech: Keynote address at Law Society of Scotland Conference  
   
Press Release: Attorney General and Lord Advocate on Prosecution of Terrorism Cases  
   
Statement: Terrorism Cases  
   
6 May 2009  
Attorney General Speech: Creating a Modern Public Prosecution Service: our new contract with the community  
   
WARNING SCAM EMAILS  
   
29 April 2009  
CJS Press Release: Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice  
   
   
 
 
 
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