Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Jul 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State mentions executive search firms. All too often, board appointments are made by executive search firms that do not actually conduct comprehensive searches but go for the same old candidates. What is she doing specifically to ensure gender balance on shortlists? Does she welcome the launch this …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 5th January 2015
Asked by:
Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Law Officers' Departments from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems the Law Officers' Departments have introduced or plan to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Attorney General’s Office has made an estimated saving of £164 in respect of stationery costs since June 2014. There may also have been some savings in staff time but it is not possible to quantify this without incurring a disproportionate cost. There have been no other identified savings.
There have also not been any modifications made to existing ICT systems that were dependent on introduction of the Q&A system.
One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.
It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.
Written Question
Monday 8th September 2014
Asked by:
Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of (a) cyber and (b) cyber-enabled crimes have been initiated in each the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the Serious Fraud Office centrally record the number of prosecutions initiated, or those which resulted in a successful outcome, relating to cyber or cyber-enabled crime. A number of offences may involve the use of a computer or a network in the commission of the offence. To obtain details of the number of cases where defendants were alleged to have been involved in cyber or cyber-enabled crimes would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken which would incur a disproportionate cost.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Deregulation Bill
"It is fitting that for the last debate in this Parliament we should be speaking of apprenticeships, as they are so important to the future of our country, and of data sharing, which is an increasingly important issue to many constituents.
Labour believes that the better use of data can …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Deregulation Bill
"To be absolutely clear, the original Bill had a provision for the disclosure of information to the commissioners, but only for the purpose of arrangements made under clause 4(1), which very narrowly defines the purpose as being for payroll administration. However, new clause 1 is much broader, in that it …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Deregulation Bill
"The Minister’s words offer some reassurance on the systems to be put in place, but not on accountability. We have seen with universal credit that accountability for identity management and for the success of a project can be very diffuse. Who will own and therefore be accountable for this new …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Deregulation Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Deregulation Bill
"I thank the Minister for being generous in this last debate. It concerns me that he implies that a system does not have an owner until it has been specified. It is the owner of the system that should be specifying it in order to avoid the car crashes in …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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Written Question
Question Link
Monday 7th April 2014
Asked by:
Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the cyber security crime skills of staff of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Answered by Dominic Grieve
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has mandatory training for all prosecutors on cybercrime and specific training for prosecutors on offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. This supports guidance for prosecutors on the range of offences which can be committed through the use of cyber technology.
In addition, the CPS will soon be introducing new consolidated guidance for prosecutors on cyber-offending and a new package of e-learning for prosecutors in relation to cybercrime which will cover: digital evidence gathering; online grooming; online fraud; and, social media.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2011
Phone Hacking
"The hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) said that Ofcom can intervene at any point with regard to the fit-and-proper-person test, but will the Attorney-General give guidance on whether, in applying that test, Ofcom should take into account the ongoing allegations about phone hacking? If it cannot take those allegations …..."Chi Onwurah - View Speech
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