A watchdog investigating forensic science labs should be given beefed-up powers to crackdown on scandals, an MP demands tonight.
Labour backbencher Darren Jones, who chairs the Commons Business Select Committee and sits on the Commons Science Committee, wants the regulator to be able to enforce tighter standards to prevent miscarriages of justice.
He issued the demand as he prepares to unveil his Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill in Parliament on Friday.
The watchdog “ensures that the provision of forensic science services across the criminal justice system is subject to an appropriate regime of scientific quality standards”, according to the Government.
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