1818 - Parliament petitions the for a Law Commission to consolidate English statute law.[2]

Prince Regent

1831 - Commission established to enquire into the possibility of a criminal code. The commission reports in 1835 and there are seven more reports over the next decade. A Criminal Law Code Bill is introduced, referred to a and then dropped.[2]

Select committee

1879 - A under Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn recommends and drafts a code.[2]

Royal Commission

1882 - Since 1844 there had been eight unsuccessful attempts to enact a code.

[2]

1965 - The Law Commission of England and Wales is established with a remit to review the law of England and Wales:

[2]

— A Criminal Code team is set up including academic lawyer Professor Sir John Cyril Smith, the outstanding criminal lawyer of his time.[2]

Cornish, W.; Clarke, G. (1989). Law and Society in England 1750-1950. London: Sweet & Maxwell. pp. 598–601.  0-421-31150-9.

ISBN

Law Commission (1989). (House of Commons papers 1988-89 299 ed.). London: HMSO. ISBN 0-10-229989-7.

Criminal Law: A Criminal Code for England and Wales. Vol. 1: Report and Draft Criminal Code Bill

Herring, J. (2004). . Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 17–19. ISBN 0-19-876578-9.

Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials

Lord Chief Justice of England (1998) "Speech at Dinner for HM Judges", The Mansion House, London, 22 July

Lord Bingham of Cornhill

Spencer, J. (2000). "The case for a code of criminal procedure". Criminal Law Review: 519.

Law Commission project page