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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. What steps she is taking to tackle the causes of the gender pay gap (a) in general and (b) in STEM careers...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer. A continuing cause of the pay gap is the lower incidence of women studying science and engineering at university. Does she agree that closing the STEM gap is a prerequisite for closing the pay gap?..."
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Written Question
Hate Crime: Disability
Thursday 14th April 2016

Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS is taking to improve the conviction rate for hate crimes involving disabled people.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The CPS treats all allegations of hate crime, including those involving disabled people, extremely seriously and continues to place priority on this work. Legal guidance on disability hate crime was refreshed in 2015 and a supporting training package was delivered to all CPS lawyers by January 2016. This equips prosecutors with up to date knowledge to inform their decision making and approach to building the strongest cases possible. In addition, a National Scrutiny Panel on disability is assisting with the development of further refinements to policy guidance on crimes against disabled people and the preparation of a joint CPS/Police/HMCTS statement concerning support to disabled victims of crime.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What steps the Government are taking to increase the representation of women on the boards of public institutions...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
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"There has been success in non-executive roles on boards but much less success in decision-making, operational roles. Only 8% of FTSE directors are women in executive positions. Does the Minister agree that quotas that focus on the wrong metric could undermine progress in this key area, which is judge and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2015
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"5. What steps he plans to take to protect child witnesses in sex abuse and other cases from intimidation during cross- examination...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"In 2011, at Stafford Crown court, a victim of child abuse was cross-examined in a vicious and intimidatory way for 12 days by a team of seven barristers, during a session in which the judge was generally thought to have lost control of the courtroom. Such cross-examination is a massive …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Jul 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. I have no legal qualifications whatsoever.Two years ago, a 13-year-old girl was subjected to three weeks of intimidatory and vicious cross-examination by a team of seven barristers—a process that she described as worse than the initial crime. Will the Attorney General update the House on what he is doing …..."
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