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	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what authority the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed a definition of racially and religiously aggravated crime that is wider than the legal definition under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Criminal Justice Act 2003, as indicated in the CPS Public statement on prosecuting racist and religious hate crime published in August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
	uin	HL2876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>In order to charge and prosecute hate crimes, the CPS uses the legal definition provided by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Criminal Justice Act 2003. The shared police and CPS definition of hate crime is based on the perception of the victim or any other person and allows for case flagging and monitoring as well as appropriate victim support, it does not affect the charge.</p><p>This flagging definition comes from the recommended definition in the Macpherson report which was published in 1999 as a result of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The Macpherson Report found a lack of confidence within communities that hate crime was being treated seriously by the police and Criminal Justice System and recommended that the definition of a racist incident should be, ‘any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person’. Putting the victim’s perception at the heart of the definition gives a clear signal that, once flagged as a hate crime, an appropriate investigation will follow and evidence to support the law on hostility will be proactively sought. The definition seeks to encourage victims to report and to increase confidence in the Criminal Justice System.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/11/2017 16:44:23 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2017 11:19:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton previous answer version 22806 answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie answering member 4538
	tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

784760

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, which public telephone lines for the Law Officers Departments' services are charged at higher rates; and how much was taken by each such telephone line in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	111470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments have no public telephone lines charged at higher rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/11/2017 16:34:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

788379

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on cases involving sexual harassment.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	112789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Director of Public Prosecutions on a variety of issues</p><p>Sexual harassment covers a wide range of conduct. Some cases will meet the threshold for sexual or other offences which are investigated by the police.</p><p>When the CPS receives a file from the police it will review the evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors in order to establish if there is a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. Where both stages of this test are met a prosecution will be brought.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/11/2017 16:38:34 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine