Climate Change: Protest

(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source
Questioner
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
(Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 174192 on Climate Change: Protest, what information her Department holds on (a) disciplinary or (b) other consequences for advocates used by the Crown Prosecution Service who do not comply with the cab rank principle; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
This question was answered on 9th May 2023

Non-compliance with the standards of conduct set out in the Bar Standards Board (BSB) Handbook is a matter for the BSB. The CPS does not hold any information on non-compliance with the cab rank principle by advocates it has sought to instruct. Furthermore, upon review, the CPS has confirmed that none of the signatories of the “Lawyers Are Responsible” declaration are current members of the CPS Advocate Panel or non-Panel advocates instructed by the CPS, such as King’s Counsel.

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