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To ask the Solicitor-General what mechanisms exist to ensure consistency of decision-making within the Crown Prosecution Service on the assessment of forensic evidence; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General what mechanisms exist to ensure consistency of decision-making within the Crown Prosecution Service on the assessment of forensic evidence; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Bellingham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2007
For answer on
11 October 2007
Answered on
30 October 2007
All prosecution decisions are taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. When making the decision whether to prosecute, prosecutors must apply the two stage test contained within the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The first stage is consideration of the available evidence. For a case to proceed, there must be sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction against the defendant on each charge he or she faces. This includes considering whether the evidence can be used in court and whether it is reliable. Prosecutors will review all the evidence, including any forensic evidence, in accordance with these principles. Only if there is sufficient evidence, will prosecutors then consider the second stage, which is whether a prosecution is required in the public interest.
Subjects
Evidence; Forensic science; Standards
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
157569; 465 c1069W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for inciting racial hatred there were in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for inciting racial hatred there were in each year since 1997.
Asked by
David Burrowes
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2007
For answer on
24 October 2007
Answered on
30 October 2007
I have been asked to reply.The Attorney-General's Office keeps data on prosecutions under part III of the Public Order Act 1986, relating to offences concerning conduct intended to, or likely to, stir up racial hatred. The following table captures the relevant AGO data for the period 1997 to 2007 inclusive. The AGO statistics are recorded by reference to the year in which each case was referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police, rather than the year in which an offender was eventually convicted.
| Year¹ | Number of offenders convicted |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| Total | 29 |
| ¹ Year the case were referred to CPS by police. |
Subjects
Racially aggravated offences
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
160969; 465 c1151W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what representations she has received on the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service (a) to charge Andrei Lugovoi and (b) not to charge any others for the murder of Alexander Litvenenko; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General what representations she has received on the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service (a) to charge Andrei Lugovoi and (b) not to charge any others for the murder of Alexander Litvenenko; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Bellingham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2007
For answer on
11 October 2007
Answered on
30 October 2007
Neither I, nor my predecessor have received any representations on the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service since its announcement.
Subjects
Homicide; Litvinenko, Alexander
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
157565; 465 c1069W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what account is taken when determining whether to charge an individual with a criminal offence of the impact on international relations as a consequence of prosecution; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General what account is taken when determining whether to charge an individual with a criminal offence of the impact on international relations as a consequence of prosecution; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Bellingham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2007
For answer on
11 October 2007
Answered on
30 October 2007
All charging decisions are taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. If there is enough evidence to provide a 'realistic prospect of a conviction' against the defendant, an assessment is then made whether a prosecution would be in the public interest. The likelihood of harm to international relations is one of the public interest factors that may affect the decision to prosecute, to the extent compatible with our international law obligations. The more serious the offence, the more likely it is that a prosecution will be needed in the public interest.
Subjects
Criminal proceedings; Foreign nationals; Foreign relations; Offenders
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
157568; 465 c1069W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what progress has been made on improving prosecution rates in cases of alleged human trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General what progress has been made on improving prosecution rates in cases of alleged human trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Peter Bone
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2007
For answer on
24 October 2007
Answered on
29 October 2007
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is working to improve the number of prosecutions, and the number of offences prosecuted under the human trafficking legislation is increasing year on year. It is important to note that traffickers may not necessarily be charged with specific trafficking offences depending on the facts of the case. Together with other departments, the CPS is implementing the UK Action Plan on trafficking. This should improve the prevention, investigation, enforcement and prosecution of these cases.
Subjects
Human trafficking
Date
29 October 2007
Reference
160822; 465 c604W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's policy is on bringing prosecutions against young people for breach of anti-social behaviour contracts; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's policy is on bringing prosecutions against young people for breach of anti-social behaviour contracts; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 October 2007
For answer on
25 October 2007
Answered on
29 October 2007
An acceptable behaviour contract is a preliminary, non-statutory intervention designed to tackle low level antisocial behaviour. Non-compliance cannot constitute a criminal offence that the Crown Prosecution Service could prosecute. The Crown Prosecution Service does not, therefore, have a policy on prosecutions against young people for breach of such contracts.
Subjects
Anti-social behaviour; Young people
Date
29 October 2007
Reference
465 c603-4W; 161207
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what information is collected on the number of prosecutions sought by the police that are rejected by the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Solicitor-General what information is collected on the number of prosecutions sought by the police that are rejected by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Asked by
Dai Davies
(Independent (affiliation))
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 October 2007
For answer on
15 October 2007
Answered on
29 October 2007
I have been asked to respond to this question, which appears to relate both to those cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pre-charge, in which the decision of the Service was that no further action should be taken; and post charge, to those in which a decision was taken to drop proceedings.Under statutory charging, the CPS is responsible for deciding whether a person should be charged with a criminal offence in all indictable only, either way and specified summary offences (which represent approximately 40 per cent. of all cases). In the remaining 60 per cent. of cases either the police retain the decision to charge, or proceedings are commenced by way of a summons.Pre-chargeCPS records show that during the year ending March 2007, the CPS took a pre-charge decision in 524,111 cases. Of these, the CPS decided that no further action should be taken in the following number of cases:
Post chargeWhere a defendant has been charged with a criminal offence, the case is subject to continuing review by the prosecutor. This process can reveal where there is no longer sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction, or where new information weighs against a prosecution in the public interest. In these circumstances, the CPS will decide to stop the proceedings.During the year ending March 2007, the CPS stopped proceedings in respect of 107,651 defendants in the magistrates' court, representing 10.8 per cent of the 998,910 cases completed in the magistrates' court; and a further 12,102 defendants in the crown court, representing 13.1 per cent. of the 92,340 cases completed in the crown court.The aim of statutory charging is to determine the correct charge and build an evidentially strong case from the outset. One of the major benefits of statutory charging agreed with the Police Service is a reduction in the post charge discontinuance rate.
| Pre-charge decision | Number | Percentage of all pre-charge decisions |
| No further action-evidential grounds | 169,821 | 32.4 |
| No further action- public interest | 16,276 | 3.1 |
Subjects
Criminal proceedings; Prosecutions
Date
29 October 2007
Reference
157977; 465 c604-5W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General how many and what percentage of questions tabled to her Department for answer on a named day received a substantive reply on the day named in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many and what percentage of questions tabled to her Department for answer on a named day received a substantive reply on the day named in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Asked by
Lord Harper
(Conservative)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 October 2007
For answer on
25 October 2007
Answered on
29 October 2007
In the last 12 months 43 named day parliamentary questions were tabled to my office, 40 (93 per cent.) of which received a substantive answer on the day named.
Subjects
Written questions; Solicitor General
Date
29 October 2007
Reference
161339; 465 c604W
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend's city has a fine record of battling with issues of violence against women, and she has a fine record of championing these matters.
It is a great pleasure to hear that Cardiff's sexual assault referral centre will come on-stream soon. We must spread the best practice across every area, and ensure that there is good quality practice in the SARCs. However, in due course—and probably early next month—we will publish our response to the previous Solicitor-General's consultation document on what more we can do to improve the quality of justice for rape victims. We have made advances in domestic violence through training relevant agencies, and we consider that it may be desirable for juries to receive information about the psychological reactions of rape victims. We want to help dispel myths about rape, and we consider that that might be achieved through a neutral document or judge's statement. We will publish our response formally in a month or so, and that ought to be a considerable step towards ensuring better justice for the sort of women supported by SARCs across the country.
My hon. Friend's city has a fine record of battling with issues of violence against women, and she has a fine record of championing these matters.
It is a great pleasure to hear that Cardiff's sexual assault referral centre will come on-stream soon. We must spread the best practice across every area, and ensure that there is good quality practice in the SARCs. However, in due course—and probably early next month—we will publish our response to the previous Solicitor-General's consultation document on what more we can do to improve the quality of justice for rape victims. We have made advances in domestic violence through training relevant agencies, and we consider that it may be desirable for juries to receive information about the psychological reactions of rape victims. We want to help dispel myths about rape, and we consider that that might be achieved through a neutral document or judge's statement. We will publish our response formally in a month or so, and that ought to be a considerable step towards ensuring better justice for the sort of women supported by SARCs across the country.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Julie Morgan
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank my hon. and learned Friend for that reply, and I am sure that she will be pleased to hear that building conversion work for the Cardiff centre will start next week. Is she aware that, since January, the women's safety unit in Cardiff has had 71 referrals of sexual assault, mainly rape? The unit has been able to offer help and support and to undertake the early evidence work, such as taking DNA samples. On the whole, the women involved do not want to go forward to prosecution, but that early work is done in case they change their minds. What more can the Government do to support that important work?
Subjects
Prosecutions; Sexual offences; Victim support schemes
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c405-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I certainly will and I have just received a letter from my hon. Friend about the case. He raises a problematic issue; the extent to which cross-examination should be allowed. Obviously, there must be a balance between the freedom for the defendant to test the case against him and his not being inappropriately oppressive and re-traumatising the victim. Judges and magistrates have a duty to control proceedings and to stop over-oppressive cross-examination. Our prosecutors now have a duty to do that as well. I will certainly look at the file about the case and I invite him to come and discuss it with me.
I certainly will and I have just received a letter from my hon. Friend about the case. He raises a problematic issue; the extent to which cross-examination should be allowed. Obviously, there must be a balance between the freedom for the defendant to test the case against him and his not being inappropriately oppressive and re-traumatising the victim. Judges and magistrates have a duty to control proceedings and to stop over-oppressive cross-examination. Our prosecutors now have a duty to do that as well. I will certainly look at the file about the case and I invite him to come and discuss it with me.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Paddy Tipping
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
Those are improving figures; congratulations to all involved. But it remains the case that many women who appear before court feel that they are the accused rather than the victim. In that context, will my hon. and learned Friend look at the case about which I have just written to her concerning a constituent in Edwinstowe who has had that very experience?
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Convictions; Nottinghamshire; Sexual offences
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c402-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I let it slip with the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth); we are not linking the question with specific cases, because that is not what it is about.
Order. I let it slip with the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth); we are not linking the question with specific cases, because that is not what it is about.
Answered by
Speaker
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c404
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That is a remote link to Inside Justice week, if I may say so. I would not necessarily recommend opening up the Attorney-General's office in any physical sense, because people would probably find my neglected coffee cups there. I shall write to the hon. Gentleman about the issue that he raises, if there is anything to add to what he knows perfectly well.
That is a remote link to Inside Justice week, if I may say so. I would not necessarily recommend opening up the Attorney-General's office in any physical sense, because people would probably find my neglected coffee cups there. I shall write to the hon. Gentleman about the issue that he raises, if there is anything to add to what he knows perfectly well.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
I was slightly disappointed that the Solicitor-General did not specifically mention opening up the Attorney-General's own office as part of Inside Justice week, because a number of puzzles still exist about how the Department works. May I ask the Solicitor-General to clear up one particular puzzle? In February, the previous Attorney-General told the Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs that he would take independent counsel's advice on the cash-for-honours question and publish it. It turns out that neither of those things has been done. In the spirit of the openness of Inside Justice week, will she explain why?
Subjects
Administration of justice; Public participation; Marketing; Inside Justice week
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c404
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an important point, with which I thoroughly agree. The idea is to help young people in particular to understand that the criminal justice system is a part of keeping their neighbourhood safe, that justice is very important and is not a separate and arcane preserve, and that they have access to it, both if they need it for justice purposes and if they want to pursue a career in it.
My hon. Friend makes an important point, with which I thoroughly agree. The idea is to help young people in particular to understand that the criminal justice system is a part of keeping their neighbourhood safe, that justice is very important and is not a separate and arcane preserve, and that they have access to it, both if they need it for justice purposes and if they want to pursue a career in it.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Jim McGovern
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
Inside Justice week offers a rare and perhaps even unique opportunity for young people to take a look inside the criminal justice system. Does the Solicitor-General agree that we should maximise the number of women participating in the numerous events taking place throughout the country to ensure that as many young women as possible are encouraged to consider a career in that system?
Subjects
Administration of justice; Public participation; Marketing; Inside Justice week
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c403-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Crown Prosecution Service does a lot of fairly regular work with schools: mock trials; talks on restorative justice; and work on domestic violence awareness. The Attorney-General will be starting the week at Deptford Green school. On Friday, I shall be going, at the request of the head teacher, Mr. Hobbs, to talk to children at the terrific Bydales sustainable technology college, which is in Marske in my constituency. I shall probably talk about the Middlesbrough community court.
The Crown Prosecution Service does a lot of fairly regular work with schools: mock trials; talks on restorative justice; and work on domestic violence awareness. The Attorney-General will be starting the week at Deptford Green school. On Friday, I shall be going, at the request of the head teacher, Mr. Hobbs, to talk to children at the terrific Bydales sustainable technology college, which is in Marske in my constituency. I shall probably talk about the Middlesbrough community court.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Natascha Engel
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
How is my hon. and learned Friend planning to promote the workings of the justice system within schools for the benefit of children and young people during Inside Justice week?
Subjects
Administration of justice; Public participation; Marketing; Inside Justice week
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c403
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman makes a straightforward point—there must be balanced, good judgment, in accordance with the guidelines, about who to prosecute and who to forbear from prosecuting— and I agree with him. Part of our task in Inside Justice week is to make clear the basis on which such decisions are being made.
The hon. Gentleman makes a straightforward point—there must be balanced, good judgment, in accordance with the guidelines, about who to prosecute and who to forbear from prosecuting— and I agree with him. Part of our task in Inside Justice week is to make clear the basis on which such decisions are being made.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Dominic Grieve
(Conservative)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
May I first say that I welcome Inside Justice week and hope that it is a success? It looks, from the material that has been put out, that considerable emphasis has been placed on the role of the Attorney-General’s office and the Crown Prosecution Service in supporting victims. May I also urge the Solicitor-General to draw attention in this week to the role of the CPS and the Attorney-General’s office in preventing pointless prosecution? I am sure that she will agree that although they may be few in number, prosecutions of individuals for matters that are likely to appear trivial, for instance difficulties that teachers may have disciplining children or, indeed, people carrying out citizen’s arrests, as in the Bridlington chip shop case, undermine confidence in the criminal justice system. If it could be seen that the CPS and the Attorney-General’s guidelines ensured that prosecutions in such investigations were stopped at an early stage, a great deal of public reassurance would be derived.
Subjects
Administration of justice; Public participation; Marketing; Inside Justice week
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c404-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Inside Justice week is being supported by all of the Departments that the Attorney-General and I run so we are all playing a busy part. It was the idea of the Attorney-General some four years ago and its aim is to open up the criminal justice system to the public through a themed week of events, media opportunities and public engagement.
Inside Justice week is being supported by all of the Departments that the Attorney-General and I run so we are all playing a busy part. It was the idea of the Attorney-General some four years ago and its aim is to open up the criminal justice system to the public through a themed week of events, media opportunities and public engagement.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Jim McGovern
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
What role the Law Officers' Departments are taking in Inside Justice week.
Subjects
Administration of justice; Public participation; Marketing; Inside Justice week
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c403
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor-General what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of street prostitutes.
To ask the Solicitor-General what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of street prostitutes.
Asked by
Brian Iddon
(Labour)
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2007
For answer on
25 October 2007
Answered on
25 October 2007
The CPS policy is to consider alternatives to prosecution in the courts to help prostitutes find a route out of prostitution. In many areas of the country, the CPS and the local police have developed strategies that focus on rehabilitation.
Subjects
Prosecutions; Prostitution
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
160594; 465 c485W
House
House of Commons
I thank my hon. and learned Friend for that reply, and I am sure that she will be pleased to hear that building conversion work for the Cardiff centre will start next week. Is she aware that, since January, the women's safety unit in Cardiff has had 71 referrals of sexual assault, mainly rape? The unit has been able to offer help and support and to undertake the early evidence work, such as taking DNA samples. On the whole, the women involved do not want to go forward to prosecution, but that early work is done in case they change their minds. What more can the Government do to support that important work?
I thank my hon. and learned Friend for that reply, and I am sure that she will be pleased to hear that building conversion work for the Cardiff centre will start next week. Is she aware that, since January, the women's safety unit in Cardiff has had 71 referrals of sexual assault, mainly rape? The unit has been able to offer help and support and to undertake the early evidence work, such as taking DNA samples. On the whole, the women involved do not want to go forward to prosecution, but that early work is done in case they change their minds. What more can the Government do to support that important work?
Asked by
Julie Morgan
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 October 2007
My hon. Friend's city has a fine record of battling with issues of violence against women, and she has a fine record of championing these matters.
It is a great pleasure to hear that Cardiff's sexual assault referral centre will come on-stream soon. We must spread the best practice across every area, and ensure that there is good quality practice in the SARCs. However, in due course—and probably early next month—we will publish our response to the previous Solicitor-General's consultation document on what more we can do to improve the quality of justice for rape victims. We have made advances in domestic violence through training relevant agencies, and we consider that it may be desirable for juries to receive information about the psychological reactions of rape victims. We want to help dispel myths about rape, and we consider that that might be achieved through a neutral document or judge's statement. We will publish our response formally in a month or so, and that ought to be a considerable step towards ensuring better justice for the sort of women supported by SARCs across the country.
Subjects
Cardiff; Prosecutions; Sexual offences; Victim support schemes
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c405-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Those are improving figures; congratulations to all involved. But it remains the case that many women who appear before court feel that they are the accused rather than the victim. In that context, will my hon. and learned Friend look at the case about which I have just written to her concerning a constituent in Edwinstowe who has had that very experience?
Those are improving figures; congratulations to all involved. But it remains the case that many women who appear before court feel that they are the accused rather than the victim. In that context, will my hon. and learned Friend look at the case about which I have just written to her concerning a constituent in Edwinstowe who has had that very experience?
Asked by
Paddy Tipping
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 October 2007
I certainly will and I have just received a letter from my hon. Friend about the case. He raises a problematic issue; the extent to which cross-examination should be allowed. Obviously, there must be a balance between the freedom for the defendant to test the case against him and his not being inappropriately oppressive and re-traumatising the victim. Judges and magistrates have a duty to control proceedings and to stop over-oppressive cross-examination. Our prosecutors now have a duty to do that as well. I will certainly look at the file about the case and I invite him to come and discuss it with me.
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Convictions; Nottinghamshire; Sexual offences
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c402-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
During the year ending March 2007, a conviction was recorded in Nottinghamshire on Crown Prosecution Service figures in respect of 60.7 per cent. of all defendants whose case got as far as the CPS for an offence of rape, and in 59.5 per cent. in the cases of domestic violence. Nottinghamshire's outcome in cases of rape compared favourably with the national figure of 54.5 per cent, but in cases of domestic violence the conviction rate was short of the national figure of 65 per cent.
During the year ending March 2007, a conviction was recorded in Nottinghamshire on Crown Prosecution Service figures in respect of 60.7 per cent. of all defendants whose case got as far as the CPS for an offence of rape, and in 59.5 per cent. in the cases of domestic violence. Nottinghamshire's outcome in cases of rape compared favourably with the national figure of 54.5 per cent, but in cases of domestic violence the conviction rate was short of the national figure of 65 per cent.
Answered by
Vera Baird
(Labour)
Asked by
Paddy Tipping
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
What the conviction rate is for cases involving (a) rape and (b) domestic violence in Nottinghamshire; and if she will make a statement.
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Convictions; Nottinghamshire; Sexual offences
Date
25 October 2007
Reference
465 c402
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons