Barry Sheerman:

Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Sheerman (LAB) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 181 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 251

Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Sheerman (LAB) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 179 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253

Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Sheerman (LAB) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 182 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question

Coroners: Standards

Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of coroners' inquests.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The coroner’s statutory duty, through the investigation and inquest process, is to establish who has died, and when, where and how they died. Coroners are independent judicial office holders and the way in which they conduct their investigations and inquests is a matter for them. However, the Government and the Chief Coroner are clear that the bereaved should be placed at the heart of this process.

The office of the Chief Coroner was introduced in 2013 to provide judicial leadership, guidance and support to coroners and to promote consistency of standards and practice. In addition, the Chief Coroner is required to provide an annual report to the Lord Chancellor which, amongst other issues, assesses the consistency of standards between coroner areas.

The Government continues to identify and implement measures to promote consistency of standards in coroner services – for example, through the programme of coroner area mergers, and by means of a suite of provisions in the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 to streamline coronial processes.

We also accepted a number of recommendations made by the Justice Committee following its 2021 Inquiry into the Coroner Service, and undertook to give further consideration to others. The Committee’s current follow up Inquiry will, amongst other issues, consider progress against those recommendations.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Oral Answers to Questions

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Division Vote (Commons)
13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Sheerman (LAB) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 293

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