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347969

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to caste discrimination in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government opposes caste discrimination. We are aware of the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment in the case of Tirkey v Chandok which opens the possibility that a legal remedy for claims of caste-associated discrimination already exists under current legislation, namely the ethnic origins element of Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010. We are considering the implications of the judgment for discrimination law and specifically for the duty on caste in Section 9 (5) of the Act.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/06/2015 11:21:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91574

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	209041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has recently commissioned a consortium of TNS, BRMB and NIESR to conduct a feasibility study into how it might be possible to estimate the extent of any caste-based discrimination in Britain. The consortium is due to present its final report to Government in November.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91575

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government has had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on research into caste discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	209040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2013, the Government has had numerous discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) about research into caste discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>Most of these discussions have concerned the work leading up to the EHRC-commissioned research reports – the ‘Socio-legal review’ and the ‘Experts’ Seminar and Stakeholder Workshop’. These reports looked at issues surrounding caste in Britain and were published in February 2014 as part of its Caste in Britain project. Discussion took place about the reports themselves and about the planned follow-up research which the EHRC was initially due to undertake to determine the extent of any caste discrimination in Britain but which it subsequently withdrew from earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:51:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50418

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to introduce regulations under the Equalities Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	198276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>There is a lack of certainty on some intrinsic issues around caste, such as what it is and how it is manifested, partly because there had never been any form of public consultation on caste. It was accepted therefore by both Front Benches during the Parliamentary debate on this issue last year that the whole process, up to and including the commencement of legislation, would take time and should include a consultation on the proposed legislation. The Government is currently considering two issues which have developed and which have potential implications for the consultation stage. We would expect the public consultation document, including our conclusions on these matters, to issue in the Autumn. We will then be in a position to consider plans to introduce regulations. You may also wish to note the answer given to Lord Avebury by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, which can be found in the Official Report for 6 May 2014, Col 331-2.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58211

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if he will make it his policy that the Government adopt when designing domestic policy the same gender equality provisions as contained in the International (Gender Equality) Act 2014 for development assistance provision.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	198707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Public bodies in England, Scotland and Wales are subject to the s149 of the Equality Act 2010 (Public Sector Equality Duty), which requires them to have to due regard to the need to advance equality of opportunity between different groups, for example between men and women in carrying out their functions including policy development.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 11/06/2014 15:00:36 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

167851

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	217135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 19:55:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 32604 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58212

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Romania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Romanian-born prisoners are being held in British prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	198705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2014 there were 588 prisoners in England and Wales who declared they were Romanian on reception to prison.</p><p>All foreign national offenders sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>Romania has implemented the EU Prisoner Transfer Arrangement and relevant cases have been referred to the Home Office to obtain deportation orders.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed over 240 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/06/2014 10:29:06 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

175502

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to implement the European Directive 2012/29/EU on victims of crime; and what assessment he has made of the implications of that Directive for the work of the police and Crown Prosecution Service.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	221918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to fully implementing the EU Victims’ Directive by the deadline of 16 November 2015. By signing up to the Directive, we are promoting improved standards on the entitlements, support and protection available to victims of crime across the EU and to the benefit of UK citizens.</p><p> </p><p>The Government produced an impact assessment when we made our opt-in decision on the draft version of the EU Victims’ Directive in 2011 and assessed that some articles in the Directive could have associated costs for the police and prosecution services. Amendments to some of these provisions were secured during negotiations on the Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will explore the implications of the final version of the Directive when we implement it in November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/02/2015 16:44:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

175507

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bill of Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will implement a victim's bill of rights.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	221909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to putting the highest emphasis on victims’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>We implemented a new Victims’ Code in December 2013 to give victims of crime clearer entitlements and a stronger voice. The Code entitles victims to make a personal statement about how the crime has affected them and to ask to read it aloud in court if the defendant is found guilty, and for bereaved close relatives to meet the CPS prosecutor before the trial. Also, victims attending court as witnesses are entitled to meet the CPS prosecutor and ask him or her questions about the court process, where circumstances permit.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2014, the Government published ‘Our Commitment to Victims’. This included a commitment to enshrine the rights of victims in law by putting the key entitlements of the Victims’ Code into primary legislation, including the right to make a Victim Personal Statement and to request to read it out in court. Other key entitlements from the Victims’ Code which will be put into primary legislation include: early identification of priority victims and witnesses and assessment of their needs; automatic referral to the relevant support organisations; and information for victims about their case, at every stage.<br> <br></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221910 221915 question first answered 02/02/2015 16:57:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

175508

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the cross examination of witnesses in child abuse prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	221914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice conducted a review of ways to reduce distress that some victims suffer from cross-examination in trials of sexual violence. For the purposes of the review, sexual violence was an umbrella term which covered offences charged under sexual offences legislation as well as other legislation that deals with abuse and exploitation of children and vulnerable people. The review included current day and historical offending so that victims of all ages and types were considered.</p><p> </p><p>A report of the review was published in March 2014 on the government website and is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-ways-to-reduce-distress-of-victims-in-trials-of-sexual-violence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-ways-to-reduce-distress-of-victims-in-trials-of-sexual-violence</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In September last year, we published Our Commitment to Victims which included plans to protect vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. Measures outlined include giving vulnerable witnesses greater opportunity to give evidence from a location away from the courtroom, rolling out pre-trial recorded cross-examination for child victims (subject to the evaluation of pilots) and requiring publicly-funded advocates in cases involving serious sexual offences to undertake specialist training on dealing with vulnerable people. The latter was a recommendation from the review.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 11:19:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn