If the victim then wants to see the prosecutor or, in important cases, the chief Crown prosecutor, that will happen. There is no doubt that many victims often believe that not only are they not kept informed about what is going on, but the crime's impact on them is not taken into account by the courts in passing sentence. On racist crime, my hon. Friend might have seen that last week the CPS published figures that show that the number of prosecutions of racist crimes has increased significantly. In addition, the police are identifying racist crimes to a much greater extent.
Much work has to be done, but our approach is bearing fruit.