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1718849

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25822 on War Crimes: Gaza and with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, updated on 22 December 2022, if she will hold discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of using her authority to publish summaries of advice provided to him on alleged war crimes in Gaza since 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As per my previous answer to UIN 25822 tabled on Thursday 16 May, and as reflected in the Ministerial Code, I do not confirm publicly whether I or any other Law Officer has advised on a particular issue or the content of any advice, save where I, as a Law Officer, explicitly consent. That consent is rarely given.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/05/2024 09:03:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1717492

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Salvage: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Government of South Africa on (i) the Supreme Court judgment of 8 May 2024 in Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa [2024] UKSC 16 and (ii) the silver cargo in that case.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Government of South Africa on this legal case.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to discussions with Cabinet colleagues, the Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a long-standing principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/05/2024 10:49:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1717495

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25893 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717496

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25892 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717584

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has written to the Prime Minister on Gaza and war crimes since 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/05/2024 09:28:36 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1695241

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	International Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has agreed with Cabinet colleagues on the circumstances in which international law may supersede domestic legislation.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	18032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the Government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/03/2024 11:43:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1694549

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Ministers: Defamation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been informed that ministers in other Government departments are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/03/2024 17:39:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1693041

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she had with her (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian counterparts on compliance with international humanitarian law during her visit to the Middle East in February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	16545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>I visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories between 14 and 16 February 2024. In Israel, I met with the Israeli Attorney General, lawyers for the Israeli Defence Force, and the President of the Supreme Court. In the West Bank, I met with the Palestinian Attorney <br>General and the Prime Minister.</p><p>I held frank discussions in which I emphasised the importance of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) being respected, civilians protected, and detainees being held in compliance with the Geneva Conventions.</p><p>The UK Government continues to call for IHL to be respected and for civilians to be protected.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 06/03/2024 16:52:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684389

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 9197 on Attorney General: Written Questions, for what reason her Department has been unable to answer the Questions within the usual time period.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>I responded to your questions 6773 and 6774 on 24 January 2024. Please accept my apologies for the delay.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/01/2024 11:20:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681647

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Questions 6773 and 6774 on Attorney General: Redundancy Pay, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 13 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	9197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my substantive response to UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6773" target="_blank">6773</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6774" target="_blank">6774</a> tabled on 24 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/04/2024 15:38:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 11524 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry