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500 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.149.3 | Given that the Deputy Prime Minister and his Lib Dem Ministers are rowing back from coalition policies at Olympic speeds, why are they still carrying red ministerial boxes and taking ministerial salaries in a Government whom they are so antagonistic towards? | Anne McGuire | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER | Topical Questions | Given that the Deputy Prime Minister and his Lib Dem Ministers are rowing back from coalition policies at Olympic speeds, why are they still carrying red ministerial boxes and taking ministerial salaries in a Government whom they are so antagonistic towards? | 0.235307 |
501 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.149.4 | First, I congratulate the right hon. Lady on her honour—I am sure I do so on behalf of the whole House. I hope she will understand a rather simple distinction between our pride in the things that we have done in this coalition Government—taking people out of tax, expanding apprenticeships on a scale never done before, ... | Nicholas Clegg | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER | Topical Questions | First, I congratulate the right hon. Lady on her honour—I am sure I do so on behalf of the whole House. I hope she will understand a rather simple distinction between our pride in the things that we have done in this coalition Government—taking people out of tax, expanding apprenticeships on a scale never done before, ... | 0.29986 |
502 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.149.6 | The Attorney-General was asked— | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Topical Questions | The Attorney-General was asked— | 0.211229 |
503 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.149.8 | What recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to ensure that prosecutors are able more effectively to prosecute cases of domestic violence. | Tim Loughton | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | What recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to ensure that prosecutors are able more effectively to prosecute cases of domestic violence. | 0.252762 |
504 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.0 | New guidance on handling cases of domestic abuse was announced by the Director of Public Prosecutions on 29 December last year, and that will help the CPS to deal effectively with a projected 20,000 more cases this year than two years ago. The updated guidance sets out the handling of all aspects of domestic abuse offe... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | New guidance on handling cases of domestic abuse was announced by the Director of Public Prosecutions on 29 December last year, and that will help the CPS to deal effectively with a projected 20,000 more cases this year than two years ago. The updated guidance sets out the handling of all aspects of domestic abuse offe... | 0.298729 |
505 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.1 | I congratulate the Solicitor-General on the progress made so far, but a recent study showed that families experiencing domestic violence are 23 times more likely to abuse their children under the age of five. Does he acknowledge that children, who are more often than not the victims, often inherit those domestic violen... | Tim Loughton | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | I congratulate the Solicitor-General on the progress made so far, but a recent study showed that families experiencing domestic violence are 23 times more likely to abuse their children under the age of five. Does he acknowledge that children, who are more often than not the victims, often inherit those domestic violen... | 0.272884 |
506 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.2 | I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s continuing work in this field, both when he was a Minister and as a Member of Parliament. The CPS guidelines are clear that the presence of children must be treated as an aggravating factor when deciding whether or not to prosecute. Often, criminal justice procedures are difficult for ... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s continuing work in this field, both when he was a Minister and as a Member of Parliament. The CPS guidelines are clear that the presence of children must be treated as an aggravating factor when deciding whether or not to prosecute. Often, criminal justice procedures are difficult for ... | 0.28103 |
507 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.3 | Last spring in my constituency two women were brutally murdered by their partners within a three-week period, one alongside her toddler daughter. In both cases, families, friends and others in the community were aware that abuse was taking place. Is the Solicitor-General content that evidence gathered by the police fro... | Meg Hillier | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | Last spring in my constituency two women were brutally murdered by their partners within a three-week period, one alongside her toddler daughter. In both cases, families, friends and others in the community were aware that abuse was taking place. Is the Solicitor-General content that evidence gathered by the police fro... | 0.272613 |
508 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.4 | I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I cannot comment on those specific cases, but she makes an important point about collaboration among agencies, whether social services or other arms of local government. The CPS and the police are clear that there needs to be even better collaborative working to ensure that tell-tale sig... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I cannot comment on those specific cases, but she makes an important point about collaboration among agencies, whether social services or other arms of local government. The CPS and the police are clear that there needs to be even better collaborative working to ensure that tell-tale sig... | 0.287639 |
509 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.5 | I welcome the announcement of a new measure on domestic abuse by coercive and controlling behaviour. Will my hon. and learned Friend confirm whether this important proposed legislation, which could have had a real impact on the life of Hollie Gazzard, who was brutally murdered in Gloucester not long ago, will be comple... | Richard Graham | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | I welcome the announcement of a new measure on domestic abuse by coercive and controlling behaviour. Will my hon. and learned Friend confirm whether this important proposed legislation, which could have had a real impact on the life of Hollie Gazzard, who was brutally murdered in Gloucester not long ago, will be comple... | 0.306817 |
510 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.150.6 | My hon. Friend raises a tragic case. The Government have such cases very much in mind when making sure that the full course of domestic violence conduct is reflected by the criminal law. The Serious Crime Bill will be in Committee next week, and is the platform on which these important reforms will be introduced. I ver... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | My hon. Friend raises a tragic case. The Government have such cases very much in mind when making sure that the full course of domestic violence conduct is reflected by the criminal law. The Serious Crime Bill will be in Committee next week, and is the platform on which these important reforms will be introduced. I ver... | 0.288548 |
511 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.0 | Recent press reports have suggested that cuts to legal aid have been putting victims of domestic violence at a disadvantage, and even deterring them from pursuing their cases at law. Will the Attorney-General be making representations to the Justice Secretary on this serious matter? | Kelvin Hopkins | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | Recent press reports have suggested that cuts to legal aid have been putting victims of domestic violence at a disadvantage, and even deterring them from pursuing their cases at law. Will the Attorney-General be making representations to the Justice Secretary on this serious matter? | 0.260339 |
512 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.1 | My particular concern is the prosecution of cases involving domestic abuse. I am happy to say that numbers continue to rise, both in terms of the proportion of conviction rates and the absolute number of police referrals. In fact, we have now reached the highest number of police referrals ever recorded. | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Domestic Violence | My particular concern is the prosecution of cases involving domestic abuse. I am happy to say that numbers continue to rise, both in terms of the proportion of conviction rates and the absolute number of police referrals. In fact, we have now reached the highest number of police referrals ever recorded. | 0.281307 |
513 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.3 | What steps he is taking to develop a greater level of public understanding of the legal framework applicable to social media. | David Jones | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | What steps he is taking to develop a greater level of public understanding of the legal framework applicable to social media. | 0.278923 |
514 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.4 | Where appropriate, I publish online warnings about potential prejudicial reporting that had previously only been given to the mainstream media. We also send tweets warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt of court. I intend to look again at whether there is anything more that can be done to raise aw... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | Where appropriate, I publish online warnings about potential prejudicial reporting that had previously only been given to the mainstream media. We also send tweets warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt of court. I intend to look again at whether there is anything more that can be done to raise aw... | 0.276356 |
515 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.5 | The inappropriate use of social media can cause immense harm to innocent people; there was a case just before Christmas of a young man who was driven to suicide by the actions of online bullies. What actions can my right hon. and learned Friend take to ensure that people understand that their unlawful conduct online is... | David Jones | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | The inappropriate use of social media can cause immense harm to innocent people; there was a case just before Christmas of a young man who was driven to suicide by the actions of online bullies. What actions can my right hon. and learned Friend take to ensure that people understand that their unlawful conduct online is... | 0.276768 |
516 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.6 | I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend’s point. It is important for everyone to understand that if they engage in behaviour online and on social media that would be punished under criminal law in other circumstances, it will be punished under criminal law. As I said, the CPS is making an effort to publish its guide... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend’s point. It is important for everyone to understand that if they engage in behaviour online and on social media that would be punished under criminal law in other circumstances, it will be punished under criminal law. As I said, the CPS is making an effort to publish its guide... | 0.309844 |
517 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.151.7 | Does the Attorney-General share my concern about the increase in Islamophobia and racism on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and the inability of site owners to take the postings down? Will he have a meeting with the companies concerned to urge them to take down these postings, rather than face prosecution? | Keith Vaz | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | Does the Attorney-General share my concern about the increase in Islamophobia and racism on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and the inability of site owners to take the postings down? Will he have a meeting with the companies concerned to urge them to take down these postings, rather than face prosecution? | 0.283705 |
518 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.0 | I do share that concern, and I am very happy to meet social media providers and others to discuss what more we can do. As the right hon. Gentleman says—I am sure the House generally agrees—it is important that everyone understands that social media is not a space where one can act with impunity. Social media providers,... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | I do share that concern, and I am very happy to meet social media providers and others to discuss what more we can do. As the right hon. Gentleman says—I am sure the House generally agrees—it is important that everyone understands that social media is not a space where one can act with impunity. Social media providers,... | 0.330645 |
519 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.1 | What steps can be taken to ensure that the judiciary, as well as members of the public, understand that at the commencement of trials it is absolutely imperative that no proceedings are communicated via social media, particularly in relation to very high profile legal proceedings? | Gregory Campbell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | What steps can be taken to ensure that the judiciary, as well as members of the public, understand that at the commencement of trials it is absolutely imperative that no proceedings are communicated via social media, particularly in relation to very high profile legal proceedings? | 0.266576 |
520 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.2 | The hon. Gentleman is right. In all cases, the judiciary need to give clear directions that social media is to be used cautiously and, for jurors, not to be used at all. It is important for jurors to understand that, which is why we have put in statute offences that jurors may commit if they use social media to communi... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Social Media | The hon. Gentleman is right. In all cases, the judiciary need to give clear directions that social media is to be used cautiously and, for jurors, not to be used at all. It is important for jurors to understand that, which is why we have put in statute offences that jurors may commit if they use social media to communi... | 0.273484 |
521 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.4 | What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to ensure that assaults against prison officers are more effectively prosecuted. | Chris Heaton-Harris | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to ensure that assaults against prison officers are more effectively prosecuted. | 0.235627 |
522 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.5 | I believe very strongly that assaults on prison officers should be taken seriously and dealt with robustly by prosecutors. The CPS is currently working with the police and the National Offender Management Service to develop a national joint protocol on crimes in prisons, focusing on offences against prison officers. Th... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | I believe very strongly that assaults on prison officers should be taken seriously and dealt with robustly by prosecutors. The CPS is currently working with the police and the National Offender Management Service to develop a national joint protocol on crimes in prisons, focusing on offences against prison officers. Th... | 0.280121 |
523 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.6 | I thank the Attorney-General for his answer. As he knows, my constituency contains two prisons and a secure training centre, so I would like to be sure that a prison officer who is the victim of assault would be entitled to exactly the same service as other victims outside prisons. | Chris Heaton-Harris | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | I thank the Attorney-General for his answer. As he knows, my constituency contains two prisons and a secure training centre, so I would like to be sure that a prison officer who is the victim of assault would be entitled to exactly the same service as other victims outside prisons. | 0.250349 |
524 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.152.7 | Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. The custodial institutions he refers to are on the boundary between his constituency and mine—I know them well—and like me he represents people who work in the prison system. They are entitled to protection; in particular, they can make a victim impact statement, as can ot... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. The custodial institutions he refers to are on the boundary between his constituency and mine—I know them well—and like me he represents people who work in the prison system. They are entitled to protection; in particular, they can make a victim impact statement, as can ot... | 0.306495 |
525 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.0 | We know that with the shortage of prison officers the number of assaults on individual officers has increased. Has the number of prosecutions for those assaults also increased? | Fiona Mactaggart | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | We know that with the shortage of prison officers the number of assaults on individual officers has increased. Has the number of prosecutions for those assaults also increased? | 0.221725 |
526 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.1 | The hon. Lady will understand that I cannot comment on particular prosecution decisions, but she will know that in my last job and this one I have made my views plain: I think it is important that where there is evidence Crown prosecutors prosecute in cases where prison officers are assaulted. Such assaults should neve... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | The hon. Lady will understand that I cannot comment on particular prosecution decisions, but she will know that in my last job and this one I have made my views plain: I think it is important that where there is evidence Crown prosecutors prosecute in cases where prison officers are assaulted. Such assaults should neve... | 0.252337 |
527 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.2 | Given the increasing incidence of violence in prisons, I welcome the personal interest that the Attorney-General has taken in the issue and his determination that prosecution will follow assaults on prison officers. Does he agree that it is essential that the state protects prison officers with the full force of the la... | Alan Beith | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | Given the increasing incidence of violence in prisons, I welcome the personal interest that the Attorney-General has taken in the issue and his determination that prosecution will follow assaults on prison officers. Does he agree that it is essential that the state protects prison officers with the full force of the la... | 0.255224 |
528 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.3 | I agree with my right hon. Friend. I restate the point that, as he and the House understand, it is not for politicians to make decisions on individual prosecutions, but it is important that we send the clearest guidance we can to Crown prosecutors about when prosecution should follow. It is important, too, that sentenc... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | I agree with my right hon. Friend. I restate the point that, as he and the House understand, it is not for politicians to make decisions on individual prosecutions, but it is important that we send the clearest guidance we can to Crown prosecutors about when prosecution should follow. It is important, too, that sentenc... | 0.27038 |
529 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.4 | The officers at HMP Risley in my constituency are concerned about the increasing violence in prisons, but other public sector workers, such as hospital and ambulance workers, are also on the front line. Will the Attorney-General ensure that the CPS takes a stand on those cases and prosecutes them rigorously, and will h... | Helen Jones | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | The officers at HMP Risley in my constituency are concerned about the increasing violence in prisons, but other public sector workers, such as hospital and ambulance workers, are also on the front line. Will the Attorney-General ensure that the CPS takes a stand on those cases and prosecutes them rigorously, and will h... | 0.281991 |
530 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.153.5 | I certainly agree that it is important that where public servants are assaulted their public service is taken fully into account not just by prosecutors but by sentencers. The hon. Lady will be aware that assaulting someone while they are serving the public is an aggravating feature for sentencers to take into account.... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Assault against Prison Officers | I certainly agree that it is important that where public servants are assaulted their public service is taken fully into account not just by prosecutors but by sentencers. The hon. Lady will be aware that assaulting someone while they are serving the public is an aggravating feature for sentencers to take into account.... | 0.255602 |
531 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.1 | If he will take steps to encourage the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute people for treason in cases where that offence is suspected to have been committed. | Philip Hollobone | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Treason | If he will take steps to encourage the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute people for treason in cases where that offence is suspected to have been committed. | 0.231689 |
532 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.2 | In all cases referred for a charging decision, the CPS should use whichever offence, including treason, is appropriate to the facts of the case. However, modern criminal offences, including terrorism offences, usually offer a better chance of a successful conviction than would a prosecution for treason. | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Treason | In all cases referred for a charging decision, the CPS should use whichever offence, including treason, is appropriate to the facts of the case. However, modern criminal offences, including terrorism offences, usually offer a better chance of a successful conviction than would a prosecution for treason. | 0.257573 |
533 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.3 | British jihadists who go abroad to support ISIS are aiding and abetting the Queen’s enemies, and now that we have the horrific spectacle of British citizens beheading other British citizens and citizens of allies on international television, should it not be made clear to these people that it is worse than murder and t... | Philip Hollobone | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Treason | British jihadists who go abroad to support ISIS are aiding and abetting the Queen’s enemies, and now that we have the horrific spectacle of British citizens beheading other British citizens and citizens of allies on international television, should it not be made clear to these people that it is worse than murder and t... | 0.22597 |
534 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.4 | I have a good deal of sympathy with what my hon. Friend says. The point I would make is a purely practical one. I think it important that treason remains available to prosecutors in appropriate cases and I wish to see that continue, but I also think it important to recognise that there are specific practical difficulti... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Treason | I have a good deal of sympathy with what my hon. Friend says. The point I would make is a purely practical one. I think it important that treason remains available to prosecutors in appropriate cases and I wish to see that continue, but I also think it important to recognise that there are specific practical difficulti... | 0.247799 |
535 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.6 | What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to ensure that prosecutors are able more effectively to prosecute stalking and harassment cases. | Andrew Stephenson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to ensure that prosecutors are able more effectively to prosecute stalking and harassment cases. | 0.253716 |
536 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.7 | Most recently, a joint police and CPS protocol on stalking was launched in September last year. The CPS legal guidance has also been revised to reflect this development, and training has been provided to prosecutors on the new stalking offences. Prosecutions for these offences have increased by more 20% in the last yea... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | Most recently, a joint police and CPS protocol on stalking was launched in September last year. The CPS legal guidance has also been revised to reflect this development, and training has been provided to prosecutors on the new stalking offences. Prosecutions for these offences have increased by more 20% in the last yea... | 0.2813 |
537 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.8 | My constituent, Jane Clough, a nurse at Blackpool Victoria hospital, was murdered in 2010 by her stalker, Jonathan Vass, who stabbed her 71 times and then slit her throat in the hospital car park. Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that stalking is a serious offence that often leads to even more serious crimes? | Andrew Stephenson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | My constituent, Jane Clough, a nurse at Blackpool Victoria hospital, was murdered in 2010 by her stalker, Jonathan Vass, who stabbed her 71 times and then slit her throat in the hospital car park. Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that stalking is a serious offence that often leads to even more serious crimes? | 0.209259 |
538 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.154.9 | I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I pay tribute to him for his work with Mr and Mrs John and Penny Clough, Jane’s parents. In fact, their work on the Justice for Jane campaign and the dignity with which they have conducted themselves in order to achieve important changes in the law is a real exemplar of how to ... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I pay tribute to him for his work with Mr and Mrs John and Penny Clough, Jane’s parents. In fact, their work on the Justice for Jane campaign and the dignity with which they have conducted themselves in order to achieve important changes in the law is a real exemplar of how to ... | 0.256372 |
539 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.0 | Between November 2012 and June 2014, 1,447 CPS lawyers completed the cyber-crime cyber-stalking course, which was developed by the CPS for all prosecutors. However, in a written answer from the Solicitor-General in October 2014, I was advised that a lower figure now applied. Will he please give us an update on the prog... | Elfyn Llwyd | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | Between November 2012 and June 2014, 1,447 CPS lawyers completed the cyber-crime cyber-stalking course, which was developed by the CPS for all prosecutors. However, in a written answer from the Solicitor-General in October 2014, I was advised that a lower figure now applied. Will he please give us an update on the prog... | 0.257115 |
540 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.1 | May I in a very gentle way say that lawyers’ questions and answers tend to be learned and lucid, but also rather long? Perhaps the Solicitor-General can disprove the trend. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | May I in a very gentle way say that lawyers’ questions and answers tend to be learned and lucid, but also rather long? Perhaps the Solicitor-General can disprove the trend. | 0.285196 |
541 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.2 | The right hon. Gentleman and I share a continuing interest in, and passion for, reforming the law on stalking and harassment and ensuring that implementation is carried out. I am able to update him. As of 31 December last year, 1,402 CPS employees had undergone the training. | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Stalking and Harassment | The right hon. Gentleman and I share a continuing interest in, and passion for, reforming the law on stalking and harassment and ensuring that implementation is carried out. I am able to update him. As of 31 December last year, 1,402 CPS employees had undergone the training. | 0.27597 |
542 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.4 | What recent discussions he has had with the Service Prosecution Authority on its effectiveness in prosecuting rape and other sexual offences in the armed forces which took place (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | Phil Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | What recent discussions he has had with the Service Prosecution Authority on its effectiveness in prosecuting rape and other sexual offences in the armed forces which took place (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | 0.255331 |
543 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.5 | The Attorney-General and I meet the director of service prosecutions regularly and discuss casework issues at those meetings, including the prosecution of rape and other sexual offences, whether they are alleged to have been committed here or overseas. The Service Prosecution Authority has adopted CPS best practice gui... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | The Attorney-General and I meet the director of service prosecutions regularly and discuss casework issues at those meetings, including the prosecution of rape and other sexual offences, whether they are alleged to have been committed here or overseas. The Service Prosecution Authority has adopted CPS best practice gui... | 0.274957 |
544 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.6 | Does the Minister agree that decisions to prosecute allegations of rape and sexual assault in the military should be subject to an independent review, given that only five cases of alleged rape were prosecuted in 2013? | Phil Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | Does the Minister agree that decisions to prosecute allegations of rape and sexual assault in the military should be subject to an independent review, given that only five cases of alleged rape were prosecuted in 2013? | 0.265152 |
545 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.7 | It is difficult to compare the CPS with the SPA because the sheer number of cases before the SPA will be much lower. When it comes to decision making on prosecution, CPS best practice is replicated in the SPA, and joint training and a lot of joint working takes place. The problems identified by the Liberty report, amon... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | It is difficult to compare the CPS with the SPA because the sheer number of cases before the SPA will be much lower. When it comes to decision making on prosecution, CPS best practice is replicated in the SPA, and joint training and a lot of joint working takes place. The problems identified by the Liberty report, amon... | 0.259109 |
546 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.8 | I call Mr Karl Turner. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | I call Mr Karl Turner. | 0.152352 |
547 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.9 | Hear, hear! | Hon. Members | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | Hear, hear! | 0.230423 |
548 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.155.10 | Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is very nice to be popular. Does the Attorney-General agree that the very low level of rape and sexual assault prosecutions in the military is a direct result of both a lack of independent scrutiny by civilian authorities and the discretion given to commanding officers to hear cases summarily ... | Karl Turner | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is very nice to be popular. Does the Attorney-General agree that the very low level of rape and sexual assault prosecutions in the military is a direct result of both a lack of independent scrutiny by civilian authorities and the discretion given to commanding officers to hear cases summarily ... | 0.258936 |
549 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.0 | May I first welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position and offer warm congratulations to him? The point he makes is perhaps more relevant to other types of sexual offences that are not included in the schedule to the Armed Forces Act 2006. When it comes to rape and serious sexual offences, I can assure the hon. Gentlem... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Service Prosecution Authority (Sex Offences) | May I first welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position and offer warm congratulations to him? The point he makes is perhaps more relevant to other types of sexual offences that are not included in the schedule to the Armed Forces Act 2006. When it comes to rape and serious sexual offences, I can assure the hon. Gentlem... | 0.280341 |
550 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.2 | What recent assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of errors in law made by the Crown Prosecution Service when bringing forward prosecutions. | Kevin Brennan | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Errors in Law (Costs) | What recent assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of errors in law made by the Crown Prosecution Service when bringing forward prosecutions. | 0.213136 |
551 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.3 | There are a number of safeguards, both in the CPS and in the criminal justice system, to minimise the impact of errors in law. They include the CPS casework quality standards, judicial oversight, and the appeal process itself. There is no central record of the overall cost to the public purse when such errors of law oc... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Errors in Law (Costs) | There are a number of safeguards, both in the CPS and in the criminal justice system, to minimise the impact of errors in law. They include the CPS casework quality standards, judicial oversight, and the appeal process itself. There is no central record of the overall cost to the public purse when such errors of law oc... | 0.262661 |
552 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.4 | May I encourage the Solicitor-General to try to calculate the cost? Obviously, we should like to know what impact staff cuts in the CPS might have on the costs of cases, and, in particular, how they might affect the ability of the CPS to prepare and present cases. In that spirit, will the Solicitor-General undertake to... | Kevin Brennan | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Errors in Law (Costs) | May I encourage the Solicitor-General to try to calculate the cost? Obviously, we should like to know what impact staff cuts in the CPS might have on the costs of cases, and, in particular, how they might affect the ability of the CPS to prepare and present cases. In that spirit, will the Solicitor-General undertake to... | 0.264782 |
553 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.5 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the spirit in which he asked his question. I can tell him that the total value of cost awards against the CPS was only 0.2% of its budget, and that, within that percentage, identifying specific errors of law was going to be very difficult. However, I can assure him that only 142 ... | Robert Buckland | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Errors in Law (Costs) | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the spirit in which he asked his question. I can tell him that the total value of cost awards against the CPS was only 0.2% of its budget, and that, within that percentage, identifying specific errors of law was going to be very difficult. However, I can assure him that only 142 ... | 0.206525 |
554 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.7 | When he last met the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss the length of pre-charge bail. | Christopher Chope | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | When he last met the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss the length of pre-charge bail. | 0.209414 |
555 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.156.8 | I regularly meet the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss matters affecting the CPS, as my hon. Friend might expect. We discussed the Home Office’s consultation paper on limiting police pre-charge bail before it was published, and I expect the CPS to contribute to that consultation. | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | I regularly meet the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss matters affecting the CPS, as my hon. Friend might expect. We discussed the Home Office’s consultation paper on limiting police pre-charge bail before it was published, and I expect the CPS to contribute to that consultation. | 0.292707 |
556 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.157.0 | How would my right hon. and learned Friend feel if, like one of my constituents, he was subjected to the ignominy of a highly publicised arrest, suspended from his job, and put on pre-charge bail for 11 months before being released without charge? How is such oppressive treatment of innocent people consistent with the ... | Christopher Chope | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | How would my right hon. and learned Friend feel if, like one of my constituents, he was subjected to the ignominy of a highly publicised arrest, suspended from his job, and put on pre-charge bail for 11 months before being released without charge? How is such oppressive treatment of innocent people consistent with the ... | 0.22673 |
557 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.157.1 | I do not think that oppressive treatment is consistent with the spirit of Magna Carta. In this of all years, we should consider very carefully what my hon. Friend has said, and I think that that is why the Home Secretary initiated the consultation. We need to consider all aspects of this matter. It is right to balance ... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | I do not think that oppressive treatment is consistent with the spirit of Magna Carta. In this of all years, we should consider very carefully what my hon. Friend has said, and I think that that is why the Home Secretary initiated the consultation. We need to consider all aspects of this matter. It is right to balance ... | 0.271175 |
558 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.158.0 | rose— | Several hon. Members | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | rose— | 0.17461 |
559 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.158.1 | May we have a very brief question from Mr Barry Sheerman, and a very brief answer? | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | May we have a very brief question from Mr Barry Sheerman, and a very brief answer? | 0.320981 |
560 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.158.2 | I have encountered a case in which someone was bailed for even longer without being charged. That has ruined the lives of two people, and it has gone on and on. What is the longest period of bail without charge of which the Attorney-General is aware? | Barry Sheerman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | I have encountered a case in which someone was bailed for even longer without being charged. That has ruined the lives of two people, and it has gone on and on. What is the longest period of bail without charge of which the Attorney-General is aware? | 0.181569 |
561 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.158.3 | I cannot answer that question off the top of my head, but I will of course write to the hon. Gentleman, and I agree with him. We need to consider this issue carefully, and to ensure that in the generality of cases there is a clear expectation of a maximum length of time that people should spend on pre-charge bail befor... | Jeremy Wright | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Pre-charge Bail | I cannot answer that question off the top of my head, but I will of course write to the hon. Gentleman, and I agree with him. We need to consider this issue carefully, and to ensure that in the generality of cases there is a clear expectation of a maximum length of time that people should spend on pre-charge bail befor... | 0.265168 |
562 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.159.1 | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) was today released from police bail. No further action was taken, and, indeed, he was never charged with anything. Given that, unfortunately, he had to be named on the Order Paper in connection with his arrest, do you think, Mr S... | Andrew Bridgen | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) was today released from police bail. No further action was taken, and, indeed, he was never charged with anything. Given that, unfortunately, he had to be named on the Order Paper in connection with his arrest, do you think, Mr S... | 0.279177 |
563 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.159.2 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, of which I did not have notice, but which is highly topical. What I can say to him, which I hope will be of interest to him and to the House, is that I am today writing—the letter has been drafted, and awaits signature—to the Chairman of the Procedure Committe... | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, of which I did not have notice, but which is highly topical. What I can say to him, which I hope will be of interest to him and to the House, is that I am today writing—the letter has been drafted, and awaits signature—to the Chairman of the Procedure Committe... | 0.260857 |
564 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.159.3 | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I know that you are aware of the concerns that I have raised with Ministers in the House about the current situation at G4S-run Altcourse prison in my constituency, which I have pursued in written parliamentary questions. Last night I was advised, in a written response from the prisons ... | Steve Rotheram | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I know that you are aware of the concerns that I have raised with Ministers in the House about the current situation at G4S-run Altcourse prison in my constituency, which I have pursued in written parliamentary questions. Last night I was advised, in a written response from the prisons ... | 0.304669 |
565 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.160.0 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. My simple advice to him is to use the opportunities open to him to air the matter. For example, although I can make no offer today and give no guarantee of immediate success, it is open to him, if he wants to joust on the matter with a Minister, to seek an Adj... | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. My simple advice to him is to use the opportunities open to him to air the matter. For example, although I can make no offer today and give no guarantee of immediate success, it is open to him, if he wants to joust on the matter with a Minister, to seek an Adj... | 0.326242 |
566 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.160.1 | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I hope this is a point of order. We discussed the Magna Carta this morning. Surely the House should take the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta seriously. How much opportunity will we have to discuss the Magna Carta and the need for a new Magna Carta, and to celebrate something that h... | Barry Sheerman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I hope this is a point of order. We discussed the Magna Carta this morning. Surely the House should take the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta seriously. How much opportunity will we have to discuss the Magna Carta and the need for a new Magna Carta, and to celebrate something that h... | 0.307091 |
567 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.160.2 | I can advise the hon. Gentleman that much is planned, but if I were to respond in detail to his point of order I would unfairly and unduly delay the right hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan), who has been waiting patiently to move his ten-minute rule motion. What I can say is that a great deal will hap... | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Points of Order | Pre-charge Bail | I can advise the hon. Gentleman that much is planned, but if I were to respond in detail to his point of order I would unfairly and unduly delay the right hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan), who has been waiting patiently to move his ten-minute rule motion. What I can say is that a great deal will hap... | 0.290487 |
568 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.161.1 | Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23) | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Pre-charge Bail | Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23) | 0.273739 |
569 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.161.2 | I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the regulation and practices of email communications. The Bill would ban open text e-mail disclaimers from the electronic communications of all UK Government Departments, agencies and councils and all UK limited companies. We have all been there. A short e-... | Alan Duncan | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Pre-charge Bail | I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the regulation and practices of email communications. The Bill would ban open text e-mail disclaimers from the electronic communications of all UK Government Departments, agencies and councils and all UK limited companies. We have all been there. A short e-... | 0.326765 |
570 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.164.1 | Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. (83A(9)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, in place of paragraphs (5) to (7) of the Order of 2 December 2014: (1) Proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be taken in two days in a... | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (Programme) (No. 2) | Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. (83A(9)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, in place of paragraphs (5) to (7) of the Order of 2 December 2014: (1) Proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be taken in two days in a... | 0.313639 |
571 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.165.1 | Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee New Clause 1 “Imposition of temporary exclusion orders ‘(1) The Secretary of State may by notice (a “TEO”) impose a “temporary exclusion order” which requires an individual not to return to the United Kingdom on an individual if conditions A to E in section... | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee New Clause 1 “Imposition of temporary exclusion orders ‘(1) The Secretary of State may by notice (a “TEO”) impose a “temporary exclusion order” which requires an individual not to return to the United Kingdom on an individual if conditions A to E in section... | 0.290837 |
572 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.165.2 | I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. | 0.241831 |
573 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.165.3 | With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2—Conditions A to E— ‘(1) Condition A is that the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that the individual is, or has been, involved in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom. (2) Condition B is that the Secretary of State reasonably ... | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2—Conditions A to E— ‘(1) Condition A is that the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that the individual is, or has been, involved in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom. (2) Condition B is that the Secretary of State reasonably ... | 0.305031 |
574 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.171.0 | It is a pleasure to be here in this new year to deal with this important Bill. I mention the new year because, although we are now in 2015, this is effectively still 2014 for the Minister and me, because we are dealing with the matters that we dealt with just before Christmas in almost the same format, having had the C... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | It is a pleasure to be here in this new year to deal with this important Bill. I mention the new year because, although we are now in 2015, this is effectively still 2014 for the Minister and me, because we are dealing with the matters that we dealt with just before Christmas in almost the same format, having had the C... | 0.326265 |
575 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.172.0 | The right hon. Gentleman accepts that there is a substantial threat, although he says that we do not know exactly what it is or what the status is of the people who might wish to return. In respect of the right of abode, does he think it is appropriate that a person should be allowed to come back here if they have form... | William Cash | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | The right hon. Gentleman accepts that there is a substantial threat, although he says that we do not know exactly what it is or what the status is of the people who might wish to return. In respect of the right of abode, does he think it is appropriate that a person should be allowed to come back here if they have form... | 0.279707 |
576 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.172.1 | I look forward to hearing the hon. Gentleman’s speech in support of his own amendments in due course. These are difficult questions, and we might be straying into the area of deprivation of citizenship, which we discussed when considering other legislation last year. The Bill and our proposals would provide judicial ov... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I look forward to hearing the hon. Gentleman’s speech in support of his own amendments in due course. These are difficult questions, and we might be straying into the area of deprivation of citizenship, which we discussed when considering other legislation last year. The Bill and our proposals would provide judicial ov... | 0.322309 |
577 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.173.0 | Is not the nub of the matter, as raised by the hon. Gentleman, simply this: it is for the court to consider all the factors involved, hence the need for judicial intervention and decision making? This should not be left to the Home Secretary. | David Winnick | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Is not the nub of the matter, as raised by the hon. Gentleman, simply this: it is for the court to consider all the factors involved, hence the need for judicial intervention and decision making? This should not be left to the Home Secretary. | 0.301501 |
578 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.173.1 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for tabling his amendments, which have a similar hue to ours, in that we are trying to put in place judicial oversight. Given the concerns that have been raised since we discussed the Bill in Committee, I hope the Minister will again consider our new clauses. They would create a court pr... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for tabling his amendments, which have a similar hue to ours, in that we are trying to put in place judicial oversight. Given the concerns that have been raised since we discussed the Bill in Committee, I hope the Minister will again consider our new clauses. They would create a court pr... | 0.296387 |
579 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.174.0 | I have looked through the minutes of evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday 26 November and I can find no reference, either in the questions asked or the answers given by the reviewer, to the text of the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness and, in particular, article 8(3). ... | William Cash | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I have looked through the minutes of evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday 26 November and I can find no reference, either in the questions asked or the answers given by the reviewer, to the text of the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness and, in particular, article 8(3). ... | 0.337037 |
580 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.174.1 | Let us look at those issues in due course. The hon. Gentleman will have an opportunity to make a contribution and the Minister will respond. I am trying to focus on our new clauses, which are about putting in place a reasonable level of judicial oversight. I have cited what the independent reviewer said because when th... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Let us look at those issues in due course. The hon. Gentleman will have an opportunity to make a contribution and the Minister will respond. I am trying to focus on our new clauses, which are about putting in place a reasonable level of judicial oversight. I have cited what the independent reviewer said because when th... | 0.353886 |
581 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.174.2 | Does the shadow Minister accept that these temporary arrangements have a level of urgency that is often not quite there in the TPIM-type arrangements, which is why the Government perhaps feel that adopting judicial oversight as opposed to a judicial review process would be unwise? Perhaps he would go into some detail o... | Mark Field | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Does the shadow Minister accept that these temporary arrangements have a level of urgency that is often not quite there in the TPIM-type arrangements, which is why the Government perhaps feel that adopting judicial oversight as opposed to a judicial review process would be unwise? Perhaps he would go into some detail o... | 0.278036 |
582 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.174.3 | I accept that there will always be an element of speed required on occasion to examine issues such as the temporary exclusion of an individual, but this will not always be an urgent matter. The Government will know of and will be tracking individuals seeking to return; they will have intelligence on that and will be ab... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I accept that there will always be an element of speed required on occasion to examine issues such as the temporary exclusion of an individual, but this will not always be an urgent matter. The Government will know of and will be tracking individuals seeking to return; they will have intelligence on that and will be ab... | 0.267442 |
583 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.175.0 | I welcome Labour’s conversion to judicial oversight in the matter of temporary exclusion orders. Given that the right hon. Gentleman has moved so far to reach this place, will he and the Labour party now support such oversight for other counter-terrorism measures? | Pete Wishart | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I welcome Labour’s conversion to judicial oversight in the matter of temporary exclusion orders. Given that the right hon. Gentleman has moved so far to reach this place, will he and the Labour party now support such oversight for other counter-terrorism measures? | 0.306786 |
584 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.175.1 | As someone who had the privilege of holding ministerial position in the previous Government, I can say that we often had judicial oversight of a number of measures or sunset clauses. We are not late coming to this matter. This is a rerun of a debate that we had in Committee in December. I am grateful that the Minister ... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | As someone who had the privilege of holding ministerial position in the previous Government, I can say that we often had judicial oversight of a number of measures or sunset clauses. We are not late coming to this matter. This is a rerun of a debate that we had in Committee in December. I am grateful that the Minister ... | 0.336781 |
585 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.176.0 | What about Second Reading? | Menzies Campbell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | What about Second Reading? | 0.262049 |
586 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.176.1 | Perhaps they were there on Second Reading. I might be a bit old fashioned, but I thought that one of the purposes of Government committees—when I was a Minister I served on many such committees in the backrooms and bowels of Government—was for Ministers to thrash out what should be in a Bill before it is presented to t... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Perhaps they were there on Second Reading. I might be a bit old fashioned, but I thought that one of the purposes of Government committees—when I was a Minister I served on many such committees in the backrooms and bowels of Government—was for Ministers to thrash out what should be in a Bill before it is presented to t... | 0.27211 |
587 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.176.2 | Is that the best the right hon. Gentleman can do—reading out bits of newspapers? | Guy Opperman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Is that the best the right hon. Gentleman can do—reading out bits of newspapers? | 0.282905 |
588 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.176.3 | Well, it strikes me that when TheGuardian newspaper reports that the Deputy Prime Minister is challenging the Home Secretary behind the scenes about judicial oversight, it is an important matter to bring before the House of Commons. If the right hon. and learned Member for North East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) can giv... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Well, it strikes me that when TheGuardian newspaper reports that the Deputy Prime Minister is challenging the Home Secretary behind the scenes about judicial oversight, it is an important matter to bring before the House of Commons. If the right hon. and learned Member for North East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) can giv... | 0.300249 |
589 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.176.4 | I regret that I have no access to the bowels of Government however unsavoury they might be. I made my own position plain on Second Reading. Indeed, I agreed with the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winnick) that this was an issue that had to be considered. Unhappily, I was indisposed during the Committee stage of the... | Menzies Campbell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I regret that I have no access to the bowels of Government however unsavoury they might be. I made my own position plain on Second Reading. Indeed, I agreed with the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winnick) that this was an issue that had to be considered. Unhappily, I was indisposed during the Committee stage of the... | 0.329611 |
590 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.177.0 | Let me gently stroke the right hon. and learned Gentleman and try to keep him in the tent. I think that he will find the tent to be most comfortable. The question today is: do we have judicial oversight of the temporary exclusion orders? A number of Government Members have indicated that they feel that judicial oversig... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Let me gently stroke the right hon. and learned Gentleman and try to keep him in the tent. I think that he will find the tent to be most comfortable. The question today is: do we have judicial oversight of the temporary exclusion orders? A number of Government Members have indicated that they feel that judicial oversig... | 0.284588 |
591 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.177.1 | The right hon. Gentleman talks about carnage and defeat. I have been around this place during many rebellions, and I do not get the atmosphere in this Chamber of carnage and defeat. I do not feel a tremendous wave of anger against the Government. Could it be that most Members of Parliament think that if it is a choice ... | Edward Leigh | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | The right hon. Gentleman talks about carnage and defeat. I have been around this place during many rebellions, and I do not get the atmosphere in this Chamber of carnage and defeat. I do not feel a tremendous wave of anger against the Government. Could it be that most Members of Parliament think that if it is a choice ... | 0.241862 |
592 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.177.2 | I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman was in the Chamber at the start of my comments when I said that this is a proportionate power. There are real issues of potential threat where this action should and could be taken. The question is whether we should have judicial oversight, as we have in other legislation. He sa... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman was in the Chamber at the start of my comments when I said that this is a proportionate power. There are real issues of potential threat where this action should and could be taken. The question is whether we should have judicial oversight, as we have in other legislation. He sa... | 0.32259 |
593 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.178.0 | I am listening sympathetically to some of the strong arguments that the shadow Minister is making, but I am trying to work out whether this is a principled position or an expedient one. Is he saying that in future cases and debates he and the Labour party, which has introduced a lot of draconian legislation, will adopt... | Dominic Raab | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I am listening sympathetically to some of the strong arguments that the shadow Minister is making, but I am trying to work out whether this is a principled position or an expedient one. Is he saying that in future cases and debates he and the Labour party, which has introduced a lot of draconian legislation, will adopt... | 0.281009 |
594 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.178.1 | I hope that I can. It is perfectly reasonable to have judicial oversight of such matters. As I have said, I have introduced it as a Minister in the past and we have supported it for TPIMs. Indeed, some of the issues relating to sunset clauses, which we will discuss later, have been supported by me and by the Government... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I hope that I can. It is perfectly reasonable to have judicial oversight of such matters. As I have said, I have introduced it as a Minister in the past and we have supported it for TPIMs. Indeed, some of the issues relating to sunset clauses, which we will discuss later, have been supported by me and by the Government... | 0.322196 |
595 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.178.2 | In case the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) was asking what the position would be if a Labour Government did not provide for judicial oversight, may I tell my right hon. Friend that in those circumstances there would be a great number of Labour Back Benchers who would make their views perfectly clear and wou... | David Winnick | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | In case the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) was asking what the position would be if a Labour Government did not provide for judicial oversight, may I tell my right hon. Friend that in those circumstances there would be a great number of Labour Back Benchers who would make their views perfectly clear and wou... | 0.244738 |
596 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.178.3 | That is reassuring. I will look forward to my hon. Friend’s support post-May in the happy event of my standing at the Government Dispatch Box arguing for the Government of the day. I am sure that we will continue to have the same level of support that he has given to those on the Labour Front Bench over many years in t... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | That is reassuring. I will look forward to my hon. Friend’s support post-May in the happy event of my standing at the Government Dispatch Box arguing for the Government of the day. I am sure that we will continue to have the same level of support that he has given to those on the Labour Front Bench over many years in t... | 0.337729 |
597 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.179.0 | I was reflecting as I listened to the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) putting the case for the Opposition that, when I first came to the House, it was suggested in a maiden speech by a then Labour Member that we should concertina the consideration of Bills because it was quite clear that the overwhelming majori... | Dominic Grieve | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I was reflecting as I listened to the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) putting the case for the Opposition that, when I first came to the House, it was suggested in a maiden speech by a then Labour Member that we should concertina the consideration of Bills because it was quite clear that the overwhelming majori... | 0.291644 |
598 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.180.0 | Although I share some of my right hon. and learned Friend’s concerns about riding roughshod over a lot of ancient liberties, does he not accept that what he says about “free-born British subjects” is very much a throwback to a bygone age? Many of our constituents would not recognise the notion that the individuals we a... | Mark Field | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | Although I share some of my right hon. and learned Friend’s concerns about riding roughshod over a lot of ancient liberties, does he not accept that what he says about “free-born British subjects” is very much a throwback to a bygone age? Many of our constituents would not recognise the notion that the individuals we a... | 0.272849 |
599 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.180.1 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend, but I must say that I profoundly disagree. I think that the issue is as relevant today as it has always been. British nationality, and British citizenship, are important rights, and they are shared, and should be shared, irrespective of a person’s background or ancestry. That is a funda... | Dominic Grieve | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill | I am grateful to my hon. Friend, but I must say that I profoundly disagree. I think that the issue is as relevant today as it has always been. British nationality, and British citizenship, are important rights, and they are shared, and should be shared, irrespective of a person’s background or ancestry. That is a funda... | 0.266391 |
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