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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 Fraud Review

 

Cymraeg (Welsh)
Fe wnawn ni ddarparu dogfenni wedi'u cyfieithu ar gais
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What's New  
29 August 2008  
Unduly Lenient Sentences - 2007 Statistics Published  
   
28 August 2008  
Attorney General announces set up of International Network for E-Crime Prosecutors  
   
22 August 2008  
Solicitor General Speech: Launch of Conditional Cautions for Women Pilot Scheme  
   
Solicitor General launches Keep Women Out of Prison Scheme  
   
4 August 2008  
Review of Criminal Cases involving Dr Alan Williams  
   
30 July 2008  
Statement on House of Lords ruling: Corner House v SFO  
   
25 July 2008  
Attorney General announces new Director of Public Prosecutions  
   
   
 
 
 
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