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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

"In congratulating the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) on securing this overdue debate on the workings of the Serious Fraud Office, I register my concern that the regular reliance of the SFO on special funding facilities from the Treasury lays it open to the charge that it …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

"My hon. Friend makes a fair point, although in the comparison he draws he also possibly makes a point about the expense of defence procurement.

Those of us of a certain age cannot help but be transported back in time when we learn of the SFO’s requests for so-called blockbuster …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

"I very much take on board what my right hon. and learned Friend says, and I understand his concerns. He made a powerful point towards the end of his speech about the importance of there being public trust in the financial services sphere if it is to be the success …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

"I understand the point about moving away from a criminal more to a civil standard of proof. This is a back-of-the-envelope-type suggestion. I am just putting a few broader proposals forward because, as has been referred to elsewhere, the power of deferred prosecution is very much a positive step in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Serious Fraud Office

"The Solicitor General made a statement on the instances of refusal by the Treasury. I was going to come on to that. Has there been a refusal on the degree of blockbuster funding? It might not have been about the overall amount, but has there been a sense of haggling …..."
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Written Question
Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
Thursday 7th January 2016

Asked by: Mark Field (Conservative - Cities of London and Westminster)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19543, how many of those prosecutions for human trafficking resulted in a conviction.

Answered by Robert Buckland

During 2014-2015 the CPS prosecuted 187 defendants for offences connected with human trafficking. 130 of these defendants were convicted at a conviction rate of 69.5%.