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Written Question
Fraud: Crime Prevention
Thursday 26th May 2016

Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing a new criminal offence of failure to prevent economic crime on the number of prosecutions for such crimes.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

Under existing law, a company only faces criminal liability if prosecutors can prove a sufficiently senior person knew about the criminal conduct. It can be extremely hard to prove this, especially in large companies with complex management structures.

A new failure to prevent offence could help prosecutors hold all companies to account for criminal conduct and bring some positive changes in corporate culture.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps the Government are taking to increase the participation of women and girls in sport...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"This week I watched the excellent film “Suffragette”, which illustrated just how far we have progressed in creating a fair and equal society over the past 100 years. Does the Minister agree that sport is a very effective way of continuing to make such progress? Will she join me in …..."
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Written Question
Euthanasia
Monday 27th October 2014

Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting cases of encouraging or assisting suicide.

Answered by Robert Buckland

When prosecuting cases of encouraging or assisting suicide, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors make decisions in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the Director of Public Prosecutions Policy for Prosecutors in respect of cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide.

Following the recent Supreme Court Judgement in the case of ‘Nicklinson and others’, the policy was updated on the 16 October 2014 to clarify issues raised regarding healthcare professionals (and others with similar responsibilities for individuals).

A copy of the updated policy is available on the CPS website at: http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/assisted_suicide_policy.html

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Oct 2013
Abortion Act

"I thank my hon. Friend for bringing a subject of such huge interest and importance before us. What impact does it have on public perception of the law and its integrity? Any effect can spread to all sorts of other areas, such as assisted suicide. Once the public’s perception is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Jan 2013
RSPCA (Prosecutions)

"Thank you for calling me so early, Mr Williams. I wish to make only a short contribution that is effectively an observation. It is a huge pleasure to serve under the chairmanship of a fellow Welshman, and a proud Welshman at that.

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Jan 2013
RSPCA (Prosecutions)

"I agree with my hon. Friend. I know Opposition Members will say that there is a law and that the RSPCA’s job is to pursue the law, but the RSPCA then becomes a prosecution body and an animal rights body, and it loses the support of all those people who …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Jan 2013
RSPCA (Prosecutions)

"I thank the hon. Gentleman, but he would surely agree that almost all coverage of the RSPCA in the media today gives the impression of it simply as a prosecution body because it has pursued high-profile political prosecutions. The RSPCA has become that sort of body, and it is losing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for calling me to speak in this very important debate. It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Alun Michael). We do not always agree, but I agreed with every word that he said on this occasion. I also …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"I firmly believe that assisting in suicide is wrong and should be a criminal offence, but, as with all criminal offences, the DPP or the prosecution service must always have the discretion to apply a degree of common sense and make judgments about what motivated the person concerned to commit …..."
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