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date	20/09/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	British American Tobacco: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans she has to refer the allegations made in the BBC’s Panorama programme of 12 September 2021 regarding British American Tobacco to the Serious Fraud Office.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	51674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The SFO is aware of the allegations made in the BBC’s Panorama programme of 12 September 2021. Following a three-year investigation into the British American Tobacco, in January 2021 the SFO determined that this case did not meet the evidential tests as defined in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. As with all cases that fail this first limb of the Code, it was therefore not in the public interest to continue with the investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO continues to assist its international law enforcement partners with ongoing investigations related to this matter and will assess any new material it receives. The SFO does not comment on the actions it takes to assess allegations.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/09/2021 11:30:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1356842

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	British American Tobacco: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the BBC Panorama programme of 12 September 2021, whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to review its assessment of the compliance of British American Tobacco with the Bribery Act 2010 in response to the findings of the Panorama programme.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	51675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>Following a three-year investigation into British American Tobacco, in January 2021 the SFO determined that this case did not meet the evidential tests as defined in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. As with all cases that fail this first limb of the Code, it was therefore not in the public interest to continue with the investigation.</p><p>The SFO is aware of the allegations made in the BBC’s Panorama programme of 12 September 2021 and will review and assess any material which is provided to it.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/09/2021 11:32:40 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1260001

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Court of Appeal: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What criteria she uses when referring sentences to the Court of Appeal.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	910047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The Law Officers have the power to refer a sentence for review if it appears to us to be not just lenient, but unduly lenient. It is a power we exercise personally, based on our legal assessment of the facts and merits of each case. The court ultimately decide on the case, but we refer cases in the public interest where in our judgment they appear unduly lenient.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/12/2020 16:08:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman