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1681398

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date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post Office: Private Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to remove the power of the Post Office to bring private prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office scandal is the biggest miscarriage of justice in our history. That is why this Government announced on 10 January its intent to overturn wrongful convictions and ensure swifter access to compensation for hundreds of innocent post-masters and mistresses.</p><p>Whilst the vast majority of Horizon cases were prosecuted by the Post Office, some were pursued by other prosecutors, including the Crown Prosecution Service. The Post Office does not have a specific power to bring private prosecutions. It did so under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the same right as other third party organisations, such as the RSPCA. The Post Office has not brought any such prosecutions since 2015.</p><p>Sir Wyn Williams’ Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is examining in detail the failings that led to the Post Office scandal. It would not be appropriate for Government to pre-empt the findings and recommendations of the Inquiry, which are due later this year, by pursuing changes at this time.</p><p>We are, however, examining the wider question of private prosecutions and the Government is therefore committed to looking again at the Justice Select Committee’s recommendations in their 2020 report as part of this work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL1495 question first answered 25/01/2024 16:53:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1681402

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post Office: Private Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward additional legislation to remove the power of the Post Office to bring forward prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office scandal is the biggest miscarriage of justice in our history. That is why this Government announced on 10 January its intent to overturn wrongful convictions and ensure swifter access to compensation for hundreds of innocent post-masters and mistresses.</p><p>Whilst the vast majority of Horizon cases were prosecuted by the Post Office, some were pursued by other prosecutors, including the Crown Prosecution Service. The Post Office does not have a specific power to bring private prosecutions. It did so under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the same right as other third party organisations, such as the RSPCA. The Post Office has not brought any such prosecutions since 2015.</p><p>Sir Wyn Williams’ Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is examining in detail the failings that led to the Post Office scandal. It would not be appropriate for Government to pre-empt the findings and recommendations of the Inquiry, which are due later this year, by pursuing changes at this time.</p><p>We are, however, examining the wider question of private prosecutions and the Government is therefore committed to looking again at the Justice Select Committee’s recommendations in their 2020 report as part of this work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL1491 question first answered 25/01/2024 16:53:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1654585

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Diamonds: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many convictions there have been in the UK in the past five years for the (1) smuggling, or (2) sale, of conflict diamonds.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions, and sentence outcomes in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, including offences as set out in the Offence Group Classification. This can be found via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>However, it is not possible to identify the type of item that was smuggled or sold as this is not held centrally in the Court Proceeding Database.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 02/08/2023 13:04:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1581437

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which retained EU laws the Ministry of Justice is planning to reform or revoke in the event of a passage into law of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL5169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing each piece of retained EU law for which the Ministry of Justice is responsible to decide whether it should remain on the statute book, and if so whether it should in due course be amended using powers in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, or whether it should be left to sunset.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 02/02/2023 11:55:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme