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date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review and clarify the law on joint enterprise.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department has been considering the Justice Select Committee’s recommendation that the law in this area should be reviewed. The Department will respond formally to the Committee in due course.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 12:45:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417347

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young People: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review and reform legislation on the prosecution of teenagers engaging in consensual sexual relationships over social media and the internet.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	9327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Our laws to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation are rightly robust and are respected across the world. The Government is always receptive to possible improvements in the law but has no plans to reform or review it with regard to the issues set out in the question.</p><p>The nature of the material, age and maturity of children involved in such cases or any evidence of coercion or exploitation would be taken into account by the Crown Prosecution Service when deciding whether to prosecute.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/09/2015 14:11:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

417348

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will strengthen the penalties for disability hate crimes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to maintaining a strong response to hate crime, including disability hate crime. There are already tough sentencing options available to the courts for crimes motivated by or demonstrating hostility on the basis of disability. We will keep this area of the law under review. Hate crime is a devolved matter for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/09/2015 14:45:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon