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Written Question
Veterans
Wednesday 21st November 2018

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 19 paragraph 6 of HM Government publication, The Strategy For Our Veterans, published in November 2018, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans leave the armed forces with the resilience and awareness to remain law-abiding civilians; and what amount of funding he has allocated to the 2028 outcome.

Answered by Edward Argar

The Veterans Strategy and the current consultation, which seeks public views to inform the strategy’s implementation, is something to which my Department actively contributed and strongly supports.

The resource required to implement the Strategy for our Veterans will be agreed between Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board members, which includes the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

We continue to work with a range of military charities and organisations who have the skills to work with former service personnel entering or leaving custody, or who are supervised in the community by probation services.


Written Question
Plastic Surgery: Negligence
Tuesday 3rd July 2018

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of negligent cosmetic procedure cases that were brought to court in the last two years.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Plastic Surgery: Negligence
Monday 2nd July 2018

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on the number of legal clinical negligence cases involving cosmetic procedures there have been in each of the last five years.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Carillion
Monday 29th January 2018

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often Carillion was stress-tested by his Department; when the last such stress test was carried out; and what the results of that stress test were.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The Department undertakes a financial assessment of prospective suppliers as part of its procurement processes. The last contracts awarded to Carillion were the prison facilities management contracts that were awarded in January 2015. For ‘live’ contracts the Department utilises market and supplier intelligence reports that are undertaken by the Cabinet Office.


Written Question
Medomsley Detention Centre
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date officials from her Department plan to contact or meet the steering group of solicitors dealing with cases arising from Operation Seabrook.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The Government Legal Department (GLD) is acting for the Ministry of Justice in relation to these cases. GLD is planning to meet the steering group committee next month, although the precise date for this meeting has yet to be finalised.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"I totally agree with the points that my right hon. Friend is making. Does he agree that among the problems with Hillsborough were not only the off-the-record briefings that took place later, but the on-the-record briefings to get the narrative right from the beginning?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"I accept that cases such as Hillsborough required a lot of input from lawyers. Asking as someone who has a knee-jerk reaction that we should not be feeding lawyers, is it possible for the Chief Coroner to lay down rules in some of these cases so that if a public …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"We now have the Chief Coroner. In the past a lot was wrong—I sat on the Coroners and Justice Bill Committee, and changes could still be made to the coroners service in this country. Some recognition of the parity that my right hon. Friend refers to would be welcome, but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"My right hon. Friend is making a very good point—that kind of adversarial inquest is wrong—but, to repeat, could not the Chief Coroner lay something down in guidance to coroners to stop such behaviour? Not only is it not good for families; it does not help get to the truth …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"Does the right hon. Gentleman share my concern about detention at home, which I raised in Committee? Although it is welcome that this Bill will try to reduce the number of people going into police cells, the de facto position may be to take people home because of the lack …..."
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