Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Child Sexual Abuse (Independent Panel Inquiry)
"I have documentary evidence to substantiate the allegation that the Foreign Office recently turned a blind eye to child abuse in St Helena. We are also aware of the recent banning of the American journalist Leah McGrath Goodman from investigating child abuse in Jersey. In both cases, that was done …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 8th December 2014
Asked by:
John Hemming (Liberal Democrat - Birmingham, Yardley)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when responsibility for secure institutions for children, including approved schools, transferred away from the Home Office to other Government departments; and to which other departments and bodies that responsibility was transferred.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
On 29 March 2007 in a Written Ministerial Statement the Prime Minister announced a Machinery of Government Change whereby the transfer of a number of policy areas would take place from the Home Office to a new Ministry of Justice. This included the transfer of the National Offender Management Service, including the Prison and Probation Services, on 9th May 2007. Incorporated in this change was the policy relating to the secure estate for young offenders.
Section 46 of the Children and Young Persons act 1969 contains provision for the cessation of approved schools as a consequence of the establishment of community homes. The responsibility for approved schools was transferred to the Department of Health and Social Security in 1971 and, in 1973, under a number of orders made under powers in section 46 above approved schools ceased to operate in 1973.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2014
Historical Child Sex Abuse
"I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk) on calling for and securing this debate. Progress has been made; we now have a panel to look at the wider issues relating to child sexual abuse. I am pleased that Ivor Frank, a barrister who has himself been in …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Nov 2014
Criminal Law
"Last time the previous Question was moved, I voted for it. On this occasion I will vote against it. The difficulty is to work out what the Opposition feel they will achieve from this. Although there is always an argument about the Executive lumping together lots of decision into one …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Nov 2014
Child Abuse Inquiry
"Leah McGrath Goodman, an American journalist, was banned from entering the country by the UK Border Agency, as a result of which she was prevented from investigating child abuse in Jersey. The allegations involved a senior UK politician. I hear what the Home Secretary says about terms of reference, but …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 24th October 2014
Asked by:
John Hemming (Liberal Democrat - Birmingham, Yardley)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will indicate what constraints there are on publication of case papers, inquiries or other documents relating to the Birmingham Pub Bombings on 21 November 1974.
Answered by James Brokenshire
While the investigation by West Midlands Police into this appalling and devastating crime remains open it would not be appropriate for the police to grant access to their files.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Sep 2014
Child Sex Abuse (Rotherham)
"The Jay report confirmed that some girls who had been taken into care for their own protection actually received worse protection in care. The independent reviewing officer, whose job is to protect children in care, is an employee of the same local authority and therefore not independent. Will the Government …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 29th July 2014
Asked by:
John Hemming (Liberal Democrat - Birmingham, Yardley)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits by UK police officers in an official capacity to St Helena have taken place since May 2010; what the purpose and cost was of each such visit; and whether the full costs of each visit were met by her Department.
Answered by Mike Penning
Under Section 26 of the Police Act (1996), the Home Office has authorised three deployments of UK police officers to St Helena to provide advice to the St Helena Police: two in 2010 and a third in 2013. The Home Office does not hold details on the costs of these deployments which are a matter for the relevant UK police force facilitating the visit, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the authorities in St Helena.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Child Abuse
"Some of the more serious historic allegations relate to children who were in care at the time of the event. In Jersey, there are allegations that children did not survive to their adulthood to make complaints. In England, the Government still do not record what happens when children disappear from …..."John Hemming - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Apr 2014
Justice and Home Affairs Opt-out
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