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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position

"Will my right hon. and learned Friend publish not the whole legal advice, but the legal advice on why we have to give £39 billion to the European Union? He mentioned that there could possibly be an extension to the transition period. Will he set out our legal financial obligations …..."
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Written Question
Domestic Abuse: Restraining Orders
Tuesday 27th November 2018

Asked by: Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, whether he has had any discussions with the CPS on introducing tighter restrictions on the circumstances in which a restraining order may be varied to prevent the situation whereby a perpetrator of domestic abuse is granted a variation that permits them to work within a one mile radius from their victim.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The Attorney General and Solicitor General meet the director of Public Prosecutions regularly to discuss CPS priority areas which includes ensuring that the CPS continues to protect vulnerable victims of crime. However, the Law Officers do not intervene on individual cases; judges have discretion to make decisions based on the evidence before them.

Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 enables courts to make restraining orders at the conclusion of a case. These are civil orders; however, breach of an order is a criminal offence. The Crown Prosecution Service takes domestic abuse seriously and in 2017 in England and Wales 19,216 restraining orders were issued on conviction and 1,932 were issued on acquittal. The Government sees the response to domestic abuse as a top priority and is committed to securing justice for all victims.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jun 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. Harlow gymnastics club is an outstanding sports club that helps many young disadvantaged people. As a limited company, it suffers punitive VAT rates. Will my hon. Friend lobby the Treasury and visit the excellent Harlow gymnastics club to ensure it can carry on giving young people a great service?..."
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Written Question
Apprentices
Thursday 26th June 2014

Asked by: Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices have been hired under the Law Officers' Department's new contract for procurement.

Answered by Oliver Heald

The Law Officers' Departments do not hold any central records of the number of apprentices who may have been hired by its suppliers. To provide this information would involve contacting numerous companies and would therefore incur a disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"I am proud to be supporting my hon. Friend’s amendment today. Does she agree that this is not about choice, but is about people being forced to make choices? Does she also agree that rather than having debates about assisted dying it would be much better if we had more …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"I wish to make three points. First, as the right hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Alun Michael) said earlier, I believe that the people who have pushed forward today’s debate are, in essence, introducing a Trojan horse. I respect the genuine feeling that many have on the issue, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"My argument is that the guidelines are too flexible, and that Parliament has not made a decision about the matter. As I said, Parliament has had no say in designing the DPP’s guidance, and that is not how law should be made in Britain. We are simply being asked to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2012
Assisted Suicide

"I am glad to see my hon. Friend so strong and alive in this Chamber. He talks about choice. Does he not agree that this issue is not just about individual choice, because people can be pressurised into making choices? That is what is really at the heart of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jun 2011
Dr David Kelly

"I commend my right hon. and learned Friend on his statement, and hope very much that it will draw a line under all these conspiracy theories. Does he agree that these theories came about because of the previous Government’s mishandling of the case for the Iraq war, particularly the 45-minute …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2011
Voting by Prisoners

"Will my hon. Friend give way?..."
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