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Written Question
Elections: Tower Hamlets
Monday 7th March 2016

Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what the deadline is for criminal prosecutions to be brought by the Metropolitan Police against people implicated in electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets as a result of the Election Court rulings against former mayor Lutfur Rahman.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The time limit for bringing proceedings for a criminal offence depends on the court in which the case can be heard. Proceedings for those offences which can only be tried in the magistrates court must usually be brought within 6 months of the alleged offence being committed. There is not usually a time limit for those offences which can only be prosecuted in the Crown Court or which can be prosecuted in either the magistrates or Crown Court. There are exceptions in relation to individual offences.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that the public interest criteria laid down by the Director of Public Prosecutions give the prosecuting authorities the opportunity to balance whether an action has been malicious or compassionate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock (Stephen Metcalfe).

I congratulate the hon. Member for Croydon South (Richard Ottaway) on securing the debate and the Backbench Business Committee on allowing it to take place. I also congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"The hon. Lady makes a powerful point. I am sure all Members in the Chamber will have read the briefings by a variety of organisations and testimony from family members who have been worried even about filling in the forms to send their loved ones to Dignitas, if they could …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jul 2010
Ian Tomlinson

"Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman accept that, on the CPS’s lack of proceeding against the officer, one aspect that causes concern is his alleged chequered history? According to press reports, he left the Met under a cloud, was re-employed as a clerk, successfully applied to Surrey constabulary for …..."
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