Information between 7th April 2026 - 27th April 2026
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Attorney General's Office: Performance Appraisal
Asked by: Peter Bedford (Conservative - Mid Leicestershire) Monday 13th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, how many departmental employees were on performance management plans in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The AGO is committed to thorough performance management and has in place robust processes to ensure that those who fall below the expected standards are supported to improve in a timely manner.
Data has been withheld where disclosure could risk identifying individuals, and rigorous suppression rules have been applied to each year’s figures, including suppressing any proportions based on fewer than five employees. As a result, no disclosable proportions can be published for these years.
The AGO places strong emphasis on early intervention, regular feedback and development, with formal performance management processes used only where necessary and, on a case ‑by ‑case basis.
Where performance does not improve despite this additional support, dismissal may ultimately be considered. |
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Civil Proceedings
Asked by: Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative - Solihull West and Shirley) Monday 13th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, how many applications to the High Court the Attorney General's Office has made in each of the past five years to designate an individual as a vexatious litigant. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The Law Officers have made applications to the High Court under s.42 Senior Courts Act 1981 in each of the last five years as follows: 2021 – 1 2022 - none 2023 - none 2024 – 2 2025 – 2 (3 further applications lodged with directions/hearing dates pending) These dates relate to when the applications were made at a court hearing. A list of individuals subject to an order under s.42 and the date the order was made is available online: Vexatious litigants - GOV.UK |
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Attorney General's Office: Civil Servants
Asked by: Peter Bedford (Conservative - Mid Leicestershire) Monday 13th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) No civil servant in the AGO was found to have broken the Civil Service Code in 2024 or 2025. |
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Crown Prosecution Service
Asked by: Phil Brickell (Labour - Bolton West) Monday 13th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for the Crown Prosecution Service Specialist Proceeds of Crime unit in each of the last five years. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The annual budget and number of staff for the Crown Prosecution Service Proceeds of Crime Division in each of the last five years are as follows:
*Historical figures from the CPS financial planning system Anaplan do not date back to FY22 |
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Crown Prosecution Service
Asked by: Phil Brickell (Labour - Bolton West) Monday 13th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for the Crown Prosecution Service Specialist Fraud Division in each of the last five years. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cannot provide the annual budget and number of staff for the Specialist Fraud Division (SFD) in each of the last five years. Some organisational restructuring to meet the challenges posed by the evolving nature of crime was required at the end of 22/23, leading to SFD becoming subsumed by the multidisciplinary Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID). |
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Subscriptions: Misrepresentation
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde) Monday 20th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, what recent guidance has been issued to prosecutors regarding enforcement against companies engaging in misleading subscription practices. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 sets out new consumer protection rules for subscription contracts. Once the rules are in force, traders will have to provide clear information about subscription contracts before a consumer signs up, ensure that arrangements to exit the contract are straightforward, and provide a 14-day cooling-off period after a 12month+ contract or trial auto-renews. The government has recently published its response to the Consultation on the Implementation of the new Subscription Contracts Regime: Consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contracts regime - GOV.UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and local Trading Standards can take enforcement action against breaches of consumer protection law, including breaches of the existing and new subscription rules once they are in force. The DMCCA gives the CMA new powers to impose fines of up to 10% of global turnover on businesses who infringe consumer protection law. We will continue to engage with the CMA ahead of new regulations commencing. |
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Attorney General: Public Consultation
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Friday 17th April 2026 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Government press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether the Attorney General intends to amend the Legal Risk Guidance to facilitate the removal of consultation requirements; and what assessment has been made of the new approach on consultation with the Gunning Principles on consultation. Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) The Government is committed to identifying existing disproportionate reporting and consultation duties that are slowing down delivery. All options are currently being considered to facilitate the removal of unnecessary consultation requirements. The new approach has taken account of existing legal principles, as will any future changes. Parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinise and challenge any changes to consultation requirements where they are legislative. The Attorney General’s Guidance on legal risk neither precludes nor requires consultation. Its role is to assist lawyers and others advising on lawfulness and legal risk in government, by setting out a common framework to assess risk. |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Attorney General Source Page: Overseas Territories Attorneys General Conference, April 2026: closing statement Document: Overseas Territories Attorneys General Conference, April 2026: closing statement (webpage) |
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Monday 20th April 2026
Attorney General Source Page: Sentence increase for predatory paedophile Document: Sentence increase for predatory paedophile (webpage) |
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13 Apr 2026, 7:10 p.m. - House of Commons "the Attorney General has denied the legal basis for interdiction. If " David Reed MP (Exmouth and Exeter East, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Apr 2026, 7:35 p.m. - House of Lords "Minister of State and Parliamentary Secretary ranks a further four salaries allocated to Lord Chancellor, Attorney General, " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Apr 2026, 7:39 p.m. - House of Lords "limits on Lord Chancellor the Attorney General, Solicitor General Advocate General for Scotland and " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Apr 2026, 8:09 p.m. - House of Lords "the inadequacies of the previous system were exposed even more clearly when the then attorney general, Suella Braverman, needed " Baroness Penn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Apr 2026, 8:09 p.m. - House of Lords "to take maternity leave because the role of attorney general comes with " Baroness Penn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Apr 2026, 4:23 p.m. - House of Lords "submit an appeal to the Attorney General for a sentence to be considered unduly lenient, and I'll talk about this more in the next " Amendment:B1 Baroness Brinton (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:06 p.m. - House of Commons "strong and unwavering belief that it could not be right for her request to the Attorney General to " Alex Davies-Jones MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Pontypridd, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:09 p.m. - House of Commons "the ULS scheme, and that way they are not told that they are given fair opportunity to make that request to the Attorney General. " Alex Davies-Jones MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Pontypridd, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:15 p.m. - House of Commons "the Attorney General to consider referring a sentence for review, where they were unable to act " Alex Davies-Jones MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Pontypridd, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:16 p.m. - House of Commons "victims code will ensure those most impacted by the crime know their rights. To ask the Attorney General " Alex Davies-Jones MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Pontypridd, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:22 p.m. - House of Commons "this House will be familiar with the ULS and have used it themselves. Anyone can ask the Attorney General to consider whether a sentence " Dr Kieran Mullan MP (Bexhill and Battle, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:22 p.m. - House of Commons "victim or a member of the public. The request will then be considered, and if the Attorney General thinks it is a potentially unduly lenient " Dr Kieran Mullan MP (Bexhill and Battle, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Apr 2026, 7:23 p.m. - House of Commons "which the Attorney General is able to refer a sentence to the Court of Appeal and then by default, of course, for the victim themselves " Dr Kieran Mullan MP (Bexhill and Battle, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2026, 10:25 a.m. - House of Commons ">> Last week, a former attorney general wrote. >> That there was no. >> Legal reason why the government cannot publish a list of the Humble " Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Torfaen, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2026, 11:06 a.m. - House of Commons " So David Davis. to celebrate patriotism this morning. The Daily Telegraph reported that the attorney general, in private, when he's in private " Rt Hon David Davis MP (Goole and Pocklington, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2026, 11:07 a.m. - House of Commons "remarks during those debates, but knowing the Attorney General as as I do, I'm sure that he approaches " Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Tynemouth, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Apr 2026, 11:20 a.m. - House of Lords "this matter came before the Attorney General myself to determine how we should address " Lord Baker of Dorking (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Monday 20th April 2026 1 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: UK/EU Treaty on Gibraltar At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Hon Fabian R Picardo KC MP - Chief Minister at HM Government of Gibraltar Michael Llamas CMG KC - Attorney-General at HM Government of Gibraltar At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Hazel Cameron - Director, EU and Gibraltar at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
155 speeches (33,958 words) Committee stage Friday 24th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Lab - Life peer) the noble Lord again, but I think it is right for him to know that this matter came before the Attorney-General - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
113 speeches (13,004 words) Thursday 23rd April 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) This morning, The Daily Telegraph reported that the Attorney General, when he was in private practice - Link to Speech 2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Knowing the Attorney General as I do, I am sure that he approaches these questions in an absolutely correct - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
166 speeches (10,154 words) Thursday 23rd April 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Peter Bedford (Con - Mid Leicestershire) Last week, a former Attorney General wrote that there was no legal reason for the Government not to publish - Link to Speech |
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Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
1 speech (582 words) Wednesday 22nd April 2026 - Written Statements Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds South) the legislation.In recent months I, along with the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary, the Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)
52 speeches (11,928 words) Committee stage: 7th sitting Tuesday 21st April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) Courts and Tribunals Public Bill Committee, 25 March 2026; c. 76, Q161.]Similarly, Doug Downey, Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Victims and Courts Bill
30 speeches (7,773 words) Consideration of Lords message Monday 20th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) She held a strong and unwavering belief that it could not be right for her request to the Attorney General - Link to Speech 2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) and that, where they are not told, they are given a fair opportunity to make a request to the Attorney General - Link to Speech 3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Anyone, including a victim, a relative of a victim or a member of the public, can ask the Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)
160 speeches (31,129 words) Thursday 16th April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Robertson, the founder of the chambers that the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Attorney General - Link to Speech 2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) Brian Leveson, the three experienced judges or our international comparators, including the Attorney General - Link to Speech 3: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) That is why the Attorney General can appeal unduly lenient sentences. - Link to Speech |
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Victims and Courts Bill
35 speeches (5,936 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 15th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) understand it is at the heart of whether a victim feels the need to submit an appeal to the Attorney-General - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) laying amendments to improve the arrangements for victims to be able to submit a claim to the Attorney-General - Link to Speech 3: None last of the sentences, in the case was passed, or (ii) where the request is received by the Attorney General - Link to Speech 4: None The victims’ code must make provision about informing victims of the opportunity to ask the Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
29 speeches (12,719 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) A further four salaries are allocated to the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) born, as the inadequacies of the previous system were exposed even more clearly when the then Attorney-General - Link to Speech |
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Armed Forces Bill (Fourth sitting)
77 speeches (16,105 words) Select Committee stage: 4th sitting Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) brought within six months of their leaving service, or after six months with the consent of the Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Armed Forces Bill (Fifth sitting)
46 speeches (7,252 words) Select Committee stage: 5th sitting Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) charged with a service offence, committed while subject to service law, with the consent of the Attorney General - Link to Speech |
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Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)
166 speeches (32,665 words) Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) On the Colston statue, behind the scenes I was one of the MPs lobbying for the Attorney General to do - Link to Speech 2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The point I made quite clearly in our evidence session with the Attorney General of Ontario was that - Link to Speech 3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Richard Hermer, the current Attorney General, also practised in the chambers founded by this individual - Link to Speech |
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North Atlantic Submarine Activity
68 speeches (8,476 words) Monday 13th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) It has been reported that the Attorney General has denied the legal basis for interdiction. - Link to Speech |
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Coroners: Complaints
Asked by: Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat - Henley and Thame) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that coronial complaints procedures are independent and transparent; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of measures in place to prevent conflicts of interest within that process. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) Coroners are independent judges, but operational responsibility for coroner services lies with the lead local authorities which fund and administer of each of the 74 coroner areas in England and Wales. Whist the framework of accountability in the coronial jurisdiction is therefore complex, it is nevertheless robust and transparent.
Complaints about the standard of service provided in the context of a coroner’s investigation should be raised in the first instance with the coroner’s office and/or with the funding local authority. If the complainant remains dissatisfied, the matter can be reported to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (https://www.lgo.org.uk/make-a-complaint), which aims to provide a remedy to complaints through impartial and fair investigation.
The Ombudsman cannot investigate a coroner’s decisions as an independent judge. However, these can be challenged through the judicial review process or, in some circumstances, by applying to the Attorney General for leave to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest.
Complaints about the personal conduct of coroners should be made to the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (https://www.complaints.judicialconduct.gov.uk/). |
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Monday 27th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Pre-appointment scrutiny by House of Commons select committees Document: (PDF) Found: List of posts subject to pre-appointment scrutiny Regulated Public Appointments Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: cooperation from witnesses and to provide legal comfort to them , I shall seek assurances from the Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: The undertaking followed almost exactly the terms of undertakings received from the Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: similar 17 assurance on a case by case basis." 18 The Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: Further in Ali, Abdullah and in this case (as in every other case I have considered to-date) the Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: 6) The a vailability of un dertakings or assurances to soldiers giving evidence from the Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Iraq Fatality Investigations: public statements Document: (PDF) Found: reference remove individual and collective culpability from my remit. 5) Further, I have asked the Attorney-General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Investigation into the deaths of Radhi Nama and Mousa Ali Document: (PDF) Found: We received at that point a letter of comfort 209 effectively one from the Attorney General and one |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Investigation into the deaths of Radhi Nama and Mousa Ali Document: (PDF) Found: I have already secured non- prosecution undertakings from both the Attorney-General and from the previous |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Investigation into the deaths of Radhi Nama and Mousa Ali Document: (PDF) Found: EC4Y 7BJ farah.doctor@mod.fcos.gov.uk The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP Her Majesty's Attorney General |
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Friday 17th April 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Investigation into the deaths of Radhi Nama and Mousa Ali Document: (PDF) Found: Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP Attorney General Attorney General’s Office 102 Petty |
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Tuesday 14th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Cabinet Office senior officials' 'high earners' list Document: (webpage) Found: for the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales, appointed by and responsible to the Attorney General |
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Tuesday 14th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Cabinet Office senior officials' 'high earners' list Document: View online (webpage) Found: | Attorney General's Office |
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Tuesday 14th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Cabinet Office senior officials' 'high earners' list Document: (Excel) Found: for the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales, appointed by and responsible to the Attorney General |
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Thursday 9th April 2026
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Victims and bereaved get more time to challenge lenient sentences Document: Victims and bereaved get more time to challenge lenient sentences (webpage) Found: The Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme allows any member of the public to refer a sentence to the Attorney General |
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Apr. 16 2026
Serious Fraud Office Source Page: SFO sets out ambitions for year ahead Document: SFO Business Plan 2026-27 (PDF) News and Communications Found: initiatives like the taskforce with France’s Parquet National Financier and the Office of the Attorney General |
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Apr. 16 2026
Serious Fraud Office Source Page: SFO sets out ambitions for year ahead Document: SFO sets out ambitions for year ahead (webpage) News and Communications Found: Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce with France’s Parquet National Financier and the Office of the Attorney General |
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Apr. 15 2026
Employment Appeal Tribunal Source Page: National Crime Agency v DP and Others: [2026] EAT 52 Document: National Crime Agency v DP and Others [2026] EAT 52 (PDF) News and Communications Found: that the procedure regulations may make provision in that event for the appointment by the Attorney General |
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Apr. 06 2026
Criminal Procedure Rule Committee Source Page: Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Criminal Practice Directions 2023 Document: Criminal Practice Directions 2023 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: , as to prevent disclosure of their identity. 6.6.5 The court may, exceptionally, ask the Attorney General |
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Apr. 06 2026
Criminal Procedure Rule Committee Source Page: Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Criminal Practice Directions 2023 Document: Index (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: firearms deployment arraignment, 3.32 assistance given or withheld by defendant, 28.11-28.12 Attorney General |
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Apr. 06 2026
Criminal Procedure Rule Committee Source Page: Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Criminal Practice Directions 2023 Document: Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Criminal Practice Directions 2023 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: Word Document, 160 KB) If a defendant is acquitted in the Crown Court then in some cases the Attorney General |
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Apr. 06 2026
Criminal Procedure Rule Committee Source Page: Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Criminal Practice Directions 2023 Document: Criminal Costs Practice Direction (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: Application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court CACD Appellant S.16(5)(c) POA 1985 Attorney General |