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date	11/12/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the costs were of all external counsel in the case of R v Brewer and others.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can only provide costs in respect of prosecution counsel.</p><p> </p><p>The Case of R v Brewer and others concerns 15 defendants who were convicted after trial of an offence contrary to section 1(2)(b) Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 at Chelmsford Crown Court on 10 December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The case is ongoing and fees are only paid to counsel at the conclusion of the case. However, it is anticipated that the cost of counsel fees in this case, before the sentencing hearing, to be around £134,000. The case is a graduated fees case and therefore paid in accordance with that scheme. The figure is an estimate only and final fees will be subject to scrutiny in accordance with standard practices of the CPS.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/12/2018 12:01:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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date	11/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Travellers: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect the rights of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in his Department's response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Government departments have an ongoing responsibility to meet the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. When formulating policy following consultation, ministers must have due regard to achieving the objectives of eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act; advancing equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not; and fostering good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice will work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Home Office to agree policy proposals for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/12/2018 14:22:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas