House of Lords short debate on conviction safety and expert evidence

Lord Peter Hain leads a short debate in the House of Lords on conviction safety in expert-evidence-dependent prosecutions, citing the Letby case alongside the Sally Clark, Angela Cannings and Donna Anthony precedents. Cross-party contributions reference the Royal Statistical Society's published warnings on selection-bias evidence and the 2011 Law Commission proposals on expert-witness gatekeeping that were not implemented. The minister responding undertakes to write further on CCRC capacity and case-throughput. Hansard captures the exchange in full.