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1200447

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to enable marriages to take place as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Broxtowe
tabling member printed	Darren Henry
uin	55054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>We understand the frustration couples planning a wedding must be feeling, and as with all coronavirus restrictions we will look to ease them as soon as it is safe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/06/2020 17:56:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4794 label Biography information for Darren Henry

1200448

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Coronavirus
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 bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a criminal offence of deliberately infecting a person with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Broxtowe
tabling member printed	Darren Henry
uin	55055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a specific criminal offence as offences already exist which cover such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Threatening to infect someone with covid-19 can be charged as an assault and where a direct causal link can be established between one person’s unlawful act and another person contracting the virus then other more serious offences can be charged.</p><p> </p><p>Each case needs to be considered on its own specific facts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 15:26:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4794 label Biography information for Darren Henry

1200508

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were appointed as Queen’s Counsel in each of the last five years, by ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>As detailed in QCA’s annual reports into the QC competitions, and published on the QCA website, the breakdown of BAME and non-BAME application is below.</p><p> </p><p>2015-6 competition:</p><p>9 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 107 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2016-7 competition:</p><p>16 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 113 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2017-8 competition:</p><p>18 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 119 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2018-9 competition:</p><p>13 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 108 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2019-20 competition:</p><p>22 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 114 appointments</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/06/2020 20:47:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1200535

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sexual abuse criminal cases have had their court dates postponed since the beginning of the covid-19 lockdown period.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	54847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Magistrates’ and Crown Court figures relating to child sexual abuse adjournments are not collated, however cases with serious safeguarding implications are being prioritised for listing by the independent judiciary. Figures on vacated trials in the first and second quarters of 2020 are due for publication as part of the National Statistics on criminal courts in June and September 2020 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 16:47:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1200556

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current backlog is of cases awaiting a first tier immigration tribunal hearing.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that have either not had a final hearing or been resolved prior to hearing, as at 31 March 2020, is 17,661, a reduction of 4,475 appeals from the same period in 2019.</p><p>Published statistics can be found at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019 and</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 14:29:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200600

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for non-compliance with Regulation 97 of the Road Vehicles Regulations 1986 in (a) Sussex and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	55081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2019. The number of convictions under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for non-compliance with Regulation 97 of the Road Vehicles Regulations 1986 in (a) Sussex and (b) England since 2015 are provided in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/06/2020 11:56:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 55081_table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1200651

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of automatic custodial sentences for people convicted of sexual offences against children.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	54876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides for a range of sexual offences, including specific sexual offences committed against children. The sentences available to the courts for offences against children are significant, and reflect the seriousness of the offending. Several of these offences, such as rape, already carry a discretionary life sentence.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts, taking into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, and relevant sentencing guidelines. We currently have no plans to change the penalties available for these offences in statute.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54877 54878 question first answered 11/06/2020 20:48:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1200652

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the tariffs of custodial sentences for people convicted of committing sexual offences against children.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	54877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides for a range of sexual offences, including specific sexual offences committed against children. The sentences available to the courts for offences against children are significant, and reflect the seriousness of the offending. Several of these offences, such as rape, already carry a discretionary life sentence.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts, taking into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, and relevant sentencing guidelines. We currently have no plans to change the penalties available for these offences in statute.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54876 54878 question first answered 11/06/2020 20:48:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1200654

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Life Imprisonment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of discretionary life sentences for people that have been convicted of the rape of minors.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	54878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides for a range of sexual offences, including specific sexual offences committed against children. The sentences available to the courts for offences against children are significant, and reflect the seriousness of the offending. Several of these offences, such as rape, already carry a discretionary life sentence.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts, taking into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, and relevant sentencing guidelines. We currently have no plans to change the penalties available for these offences in statute.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54876 54877 question first answered 11/06/2020 20:48:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1200660

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to support the (a) independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong and (b) British judges who serve within that judicial system.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	54926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is monitoring developments closely and remain committed to supporting the principles of the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in Hong Kong in accordance with the obligations undertaken by the UK and China in the Joint Declaration.</p><p>Each country should uphold its own rule of law and we expect British judges who get invited to sit in Hong Kong’s courts to apply law in accordance with legislation and guidance in place in that country without interference from the Executive.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 16:32:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle