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date	07/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints were received by (a) his Department and (b) its approved regulators on the performance of (i) barristers and (ii) solicitors in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	218147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the legislative framework governing the regulation of legal services in England and Wales. The position is different in both Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The direct regulation of the legal profession is independent of Government and the Ministry of Justice does not directly handle complaints about barristers and solicitors. Complaints about barristers and solicitors are heard by either the Office for Legal Complaints, where it is a service complaint, or their respective regulator, in these cases the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Bar Standards Board, where it is a matter of professional conduct.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Legal Complaints, Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board publish the number of complaints they receive in their annual reports, which can be found on their websites as follows:</p><p> </p><p>OLC: <a href="https://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/raising-standards/data-and-decisions/" target="_blank">https://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/raising-standards/data-and-decisions/</a></p><p>SRA: <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/how-we-work/reports.page" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/how-we-work/reports.page</a></p><p>BSB: <a href="https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/media-centre/publications/" target="_blank">https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/media-centre/publications/</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/02/2019 17:47:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

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registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what detailed opinions have been submitted by organisations and corporate entities in response to the notification to the UK by the EU on proposals for standardised packaging of tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	218147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The draft regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco were notified to the European Commission under the Technical Standards Directive (Directive 98/34/EC) on 29 August. This procedure allows other member states and the European Commission to examine the draft regulations and provide comments or detailed opinions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The notification and information about which member states responded can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&amp;year=2014&amp;num=427" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&amp;year=2014&amp;num=427</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/12/2014 16:10:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies