The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) provides legal advice and support to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers) who give legal advice to government. The AGO helps the Law Officers perform other duties in the public interest, such as looking at sentences which may be too low.
Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
Suella Braverman MP
Attorney General
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Apr. 28 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Sep. 25 | Urgent Questions | Legal Advice: Prorogation |
| Oct. 07 | Westminster Hall | Rule of Law |
| Oct. 05 | Adjournment Debate | Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme |
Attorney General has not tabled any Bills during the current Session.
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Laid 2 Jun 2020 In Force Not stated |
Attorney General | Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| This Order is made under section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23). Section 3 sets out the functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions. These include taking over the conduct of all criminal proceedings instituted on behalf of a police force, unless the proceedings are specified in an Order made by the Attorney General under section 3(3). | |||
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Laid 2 Jun 2020 In Force Not stated |
Attorney General | Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| This Order is made under section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23). Section 3 sets out the functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions. These include taking over the conduct of all criminal proceedings instituted on behalf of a police force, unless the proceedings are specified in an Order made by the Attorney General under section 3(3). | |||
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Oct. 20 | West London burglar jailed for longer | News and Communications |
| Oct. 15 | Media advisory notice – embargoed judgments | News and Communications |
| Oct. 08 | Fraudulent calls alert | News and Communications |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 26 Oct 2020, 1:02 p.m. | Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) | Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) |
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Question to the Attorney General: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade. Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) In line with reporting protocol and for disclosure control purposes, BAME figures for the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland cannot be disclosed due to the small population. The Office of the Advocate General for Scotland has 5 members of staff total at SCS grade. |
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