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	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 17 December 2014 (HL3232), how many new criminal offences were created from 1 January 2000 to 31 May 2014; and what plans they have to review those offences to ensure that they do not have a detrimental effect on freedom of speech, freedom of thought and individual conscience.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL3926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As set out in my answer on 17 December 2014 (HL3532) I would expect the development of all government policies including criminal offences to include appropriate consideration of the potential impact on areas such as freedom of speech. All new legislation requires a certificate of compliance with human rights or an explanation as to why it does not. The decision to review criminal offences after they are commenced is a decision for individual departments and, where appropriate, for collective Government agreement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The annual statistical bulletin on New Criminal Offences Statistics in England and Wales collates and presents statistics on the number of criminal offences created by government departments. This covers the period 1 June 2009 up until 31 May 2014. 1073 offences have been created during this period. The latest edition of the bulletin was published on 11 December 2014. It can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-may-2014</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are not available for the number of criminal offences created during the period 1 January 2000 to 31 May 2009.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 19/01/2015 16:51:36 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

172980

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, and if so, why, they have supported an informal paper calling for European Union member states' media regulators to censor Russian broadcasters and arguing that the European Union should aim to influence behaviour and attitudes amongst key audiences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text The British Government supports freedom of expression and of the media. We do not support censorship of broadcasters, Russian or otherwise. The informal discussion paper, which we and other EU partners have supported, does not advocate media censorship, but proposes a coordinated response to Russian disinformation. The paper makes clear that rules designed to promote objective broadcast media reporting and transparency of interests, and to prevent incitement of hatred or propagation of violence and war, with due respect to freedom of expression must be observed, and complaints investigated by regulators. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/01/2015 16:54:47 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon