Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Legal Advice: Prorogation

"My right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith) is right: we had notice of the intention to prorogue. With your assistance, Mr Speaker, we could have entertained motions against it, or even a motion of no confidence. So it was a coup, wasn’t it?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Opinion

"My right hon. and learned Friend has just said to my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) that the United Kingdom would never do that, so why did he raise the possibility of our withdrawing from a treaty under the Vienna convention in the first place?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Northern Ireland Backstop

"Does this speech by the Attorney General include the assessment that the one thing worse than the backstop would be staying in the EU?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position

"The backstop is in the agreement at the insistence of the EU, and it affords the EU a huge advantage and leverage when it comes to our determination never to be in it when we negotiate the future arrangements, does it not?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

"Who needs legal advice to know a trap when they see one?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Scotland and Wales Continuity Bills

"What elements of the proposed Scottish legislation were rejected as amendments in this House?..."
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Written Question

Crown Prosecution Service: Public Appointments

Thursday 1st February 2018

Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, whether experience is a criterion for appointment to the role of Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The role of the Director of Public Prosecutions is appointed by the Attorney General. When making the appointment a range of qualifications may be deemed suitable. A minimum of 10 years call or post qualified experience as either a barrister or solicitor is a statutory minimum requirement and the post holder is likely to have had significant criminal litigation practice.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"They have never been in any of my leaflets. I may be in danger of repeating myself now, but when did that ever stop anyone? The reality is that I remember sitting where the hon. Gentleman is sitting now and being told from the Dispatch Box on this side of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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