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My Right Honourable Friend the Attorney General for England and Wales (Suella Braverman QC) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

“I wish to provide an update in relation to the Attorney General’s Guidelines and the CPIA Code of Practice.

Disclosure

The disclosure of unused material in criminal cases remains...

Member
Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Conservative)
Department
Attorney General
Type
Written statements
Date
17 December 2020
Reference
HLWS665
House
House of Lords

I wish to provide an update in relation to the Attorney General’s Guidelines and the CPIA Code of Practice.

Disclosure

The disclosure of unused material in criminal cases remains a crucial part of ensuring a fair trial takes place and is essential in avoiding miscarriages of justice. Unfortunately, the failure to...

Member
Suella Braverman (Conservative)
Department
Attorney General
Type
Written statements
Date
17 December 2020
Reference
HCWS662
House
House of Commons

I. Unconscious bias and diversity training - what the evidence says. 5p. II. Large print version. 17p.

Deposited by
Cabinet Office
Type
Deposited papers
Date
15 December 2020
Reference
DEP2020-0855
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that UK courts have the right to demand to see and assess evidence of a prima facie case to answer which has been collected by the requesting state in extradition cases after the transition period and...

Asked by
Philip Davies (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 2020
Reference
114805
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart regarding on-going legal cases in the US where prosecutors are seeking evidence from UK citizens.

Asked by
Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 November 2020
Reference
92000
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 94546, and with reference to the report entitled Video Unavailable: Social Media Platforms Remove Evidence of War Crimes, published by Human Rights Watch in September 2020, what steps...

Asked by
Anthony Mangnall (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 November 2020
Reference
112113
House
House of Commons
Type
Public acts
Date
4 November 2020
Reference
CHAP 19 2020; 2020 c. 19

Lords consideration of Commons Reason. Lords amendment not insisted on, and the Commons Reason agreed to.

Lead member
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Debates on bills
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 cc644-9
House
House of Lords

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

Member
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 c644
House
House of Lords

As noble Lords are aware, the Bill amends the release provisions that apply to offenders who do not disclose information relating to cases of murder, manslaughter or taking or making indecent images of children. Throughout the Bill’s passage, there have been important discussions about the victims’ right to receive information...

Member
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 c645
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank those noble Lords who supported Amendment 1 in my name on 1 July—the noble Baronesses, Lady Barker and Lady Newlove, and the noble Lord, Lord German. This Bill is about alleviating the hurt that non-disclosure of information causes to families, and it places a duty on...

Member
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 c646
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I, too, want to thank the noble Baroness the Minister for her introduction of this matter this afternoon. It has been a privilege to take part in the passage of this legislation. This is not

an area that I normally have involvement with, but it has been a...

Member
Baroness Barker (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 cc646-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for what she has said today and for the way the Government have encouraged cross-party support for the various elements of the Bill. The Minister spoke further about the testing opt-out system which will be trialled.

I also pay tribute to the campaigning of...

Member
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 cc647-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I reiterate my thanks to the noble Baronesses, Lady Kennedy and Lady Barker, and others who brought this amendment for supporting what the Government are doing. I know that they will continue to make sure it works in future.

The noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, brought up the trials that...

Member
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
807 cc648-9
House
House of Lords

What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the use of facial recognition technology as evidence.

Asked by
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Date tabled listed on website as 3 Nov 2020
Date
3 November 2020
Reference
908316
House
House of Commons

I. Universal Credit guidance. (179 docs). [update of previous guidance, published 21 October 2019 (DEP 2019-0980)]. II. Letter dated 29/10/2020 from Will Quince MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 5p.

Deposited by
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Deposited papers
Date
29 October 2020
Reference
DEP2020-0646
House
House of Commons

My Lords, the purpose of this order is to bring into force a revised code of practice under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. The revised code will replace the current code, which was introduced in 2015.

Material that is obtained in the course of a criminal investigation may include...

Member
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2020
Reference
806 cc1675-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation of the code of practice. Part 10 deals with the content of the indictment. It reminds me of drafting fairly simple indictments for prosecutions at Swansea borough court of sessions as a young barrister. At that stage of my career, it...

Member
Lord Morris of Aberavon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2020
Reference
806 c1679
House
House of Lords

In the Attorney-General’s review, published in November 2018, there was a section on disclosure pre-charge. Chapter 5 stated:

“The evidence given by almost all stakeholders to the Review is that early and meaningful engagement between the prosecution team and the defence is crucial to improve the disclosure process.”

It went on:

“This is...

Member
Lord Thomas of Gresford (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2020
Reference
806 cc1679-1681
House
House of Lords

My Lords, my introduction to law in government was as the Lord Advocate, then a member of the UK Government and responsible for the conduct of prosecutions in Scotland, among some other things represented in local areas by procurators fiscal. This arrangement was very old and intended to provide a...

Member
Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2020
Reference
806 cc1681-2
House
House of Lords