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905321

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at what level in Government the drafting instructions to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for the original clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill were approved; and whether they were approved at Ministerial level.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL7912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The policy for clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, as introduced to Parliament, was approved by the Cabinet through the standard processes for collective agreement. Drafting instructions to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to give legal effect to this policy were approved at official level in accordance with normal practice. The final drafting of the clause was then collectively agreed by the Cabinet for introduction of the Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/05/2018 15:11:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

891843

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Witnesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance has been given in the last ten years by the College of Policing to police authorities about believing witnesses; whether there have been any proposals to change that guidance in that period; and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL7285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The College of Policing has not issued guidance to the police in respect of believing witnesses since its formation in 2012.</p><p>The College of Policing is currently considering the outcome of a review into the terminology used to guide police when an allegation of crime is made. The review can be found online here: <a href="http://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/review-into-believing-victims-at-the-time-of-reporting.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/review-into-believing-victims-at-the-time-of-reporting.aspx</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/05/2018 14:58:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Review into the Terminology Victim Complainant and Believing Victims at time of Reporting.pdf title Copy - Review: Terminology guide allegation crime
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

868236

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is accessible to all diabetes patients who would benefit from it.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL6508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The flash glucose testing monitoring system known as the Freestyle Libre was approved for reimbursement on National Health Service prescription from 1 November 2017 through its listing in Part IX of the NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff.</p><p>The listing of a medical device in the Drug Tariff should not be interpreted as a recommendation to prescribe a particular product. Flash glucose testing is not suitable for everyone. The Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee has issued advice on the use of Freestyle Libre to support decisions about its use. Patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider whether flash glucose monitoring is suitable for them.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ask clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to review their prescribing policies or monitor access to flash glucose monitoring.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for CCGs, who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines. This includes determining whether specific technologies, such as flash glucose monitoring, form part of their service and if it is suitable for individual patients to support the ongoing management of their condition.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6509 HL6510 HL6511 question first answered 05/04/2018 12:21:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

868237

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of flash glucose monitoring on the management of diabetes.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL6509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The flash glucose testing monitoring system known as the Freestyle Libre was approved for reimbursement on National Health Service prescription from 1 November 2017 through its listing in Part IX of the NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff.</p><p>The listing of a medical device in the Drug Tariff should not be interpreted as a recommendation to prescribe a particular product. Flash glucose testing is not suitable for everyone. The Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee has issued advice on the use of Freestyle Libre to support decisions about its use. Patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider whether flash glucose monitoring is suitable for them.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ask clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to review their prescribing policies or monitor access to flash glucose monitoring.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for CCGs, who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines. This includes determining whether specific technologies, such as flash glucose monitoring, form part of their service and if it is suitable for individual patients to support the ongoing management of their condition.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6508 HL6510 HL6511 question first answered 05/04/2018 12:21:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

868238

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are plans to encourage Clinical Commissioning Groups to review their policies on prescribing flash glucose monitoring systems to those with type 1 diabetes on the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL6510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The flash glucose testing monitoring system known as the Freestyle Libre was approved for reimbursement on National Health Service prescription from 1 November 2017 through its listing in Part IX of the NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff.</p><p>The listing of a medical device in the Drug Tariff should not be interpreted as a recommendation to prescribe a particular product. Flash glucose testing is not suitable for everyone. The Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee has issued advice on the use of Freestyle Libre to support decisions about its use. Patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider whether flash glucose monitoring is suitable for them.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ask clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to review their prescribing policies or monitor access to flash glucose monitoring.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for CCGs, who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines. This includes determining whether specific technologies, such as flash glucose monitoring, form part of their service and if it is suitable for individual patients to support the ongoing management of their condition.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6508 HL6509 HL6511 question first answered 05/04/2018 12:21:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

868239

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to monitor access to flash glucose monitoring to ensure its availability in all areas of England.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL6511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The flash glucose testing monitoring system known as the Freestyle Libre was approved for reimbursement on National Health Service prescription from 1 November 2017 through its listing in Part IX of the NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff.</p><p>The listing of a medical device in the Drug Tariff should not be interpreted as a recommendation to prescribe a particular product. Flash glucose testing is not suitable for everyone. The Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee has issued advice on the use of Freestyle Libre to support decisions about its use. Patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider whether flash glucose monitoring is suitable for them.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ask clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to review their prescribing policies or monitor access to flash glucose monitoring.</p><p>Within its financial constraints, the NHS is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for CCGs, who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines. This includes determining whether specific technologies, such as flash glucose monitoring, form part of their service and if it is suitable for individual patients to support the ongoing management of their condition.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6508 HL6509 HL6510 question first answered 05/04/2018 12:21:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

834491

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they received the Joint Inspectorate report into disclosure of evidence; and when the Attorney General launched his review of the rules and guidance relating to the disclosure of evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office received a copy of the Report of the Joint Inspection of the Disclosure of Unused Material in Volume Crown Court Cases from HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate on 4<sup>th</sup> July 2017.</p><p>The findings, and updates on progress against the report’s recommendations, were discussed at regular superintendence meetings with the Director of Public Prosecutions.</p><p>The Attorney General’s review was scoped and planned over subsequent months and the review team commenced work on the review itself on 4<sup>th</sup> December 2017.</p><p>On 11<sup>th</sup> December 2017 in a written ministerial statement on economic crime and anti-corruption [HLWS325], the Home Secretary formally announced that there would be a review of disclosure procedures led by the Attorney General.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/02/2018 15:20:27 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

834492

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for the last available year, how many cases were not proceeded with in magistrates' courts on the date fixed for trial because of a failure by the prosecution to disclose evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>CPS data for 2016-17 records that there were prosecutions of 499,816 defendants completed in the magistrates’ court, resulting in the conviction of 423,715 defendants, a conviction rate of 84.8%.</p><p>There are a number of reasons why a case may not be proceeded with after charge. Review of cases is a continuing process and prosecutors must take account of any change in circumstances that occurs as the case develops, particularly as details of the defence case become known.</p><p>Internal CPS case outcome recording data does not record cases by reference to the date on which the decision not to proceed was made. It is therefore not possible to provide data for cases that were not proceeded with on the date fixed for trial. Issues relating to the failure to disclosure unused material accounted for 1% of the cases that did not result in a conviction in the magistrates’ court in that year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/02/2018 15:25:26 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

834493

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Attorney General's review of disclosure procedures included a review of prosecutions in magistrates' courts; and if so, when they were included.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s review of disclosure is a review of the efficiency and effectiveness of disclosure in the criminal justice system, including specifically how processes and policies are implemented by prosecution and defence practitioners, police officers and investigators.</p><p>The review will consider evidence under the following cross-cutting themes:</p><p>a) Processes within ‘volume’ cases (within the Crown Courts and Magistrates’ Courts) and ‘complex cases’ including economic crime;</p><p>b) Guidance, including any Codes of Practices, Protocols or Guidelines and legislation;</p><p>c) Case management, including initiatives such as ‘Transforming Summary Justice’, ‘Better Case Management’ and ‘Digital Casework’; and</p><p>d) Capabilities across criminal justice system including staffing, training, existing tools and digital technology.</p><p>The scope of the review is wide and has always included disclosure in magistrates’ courts. The Terms of Reference will be published on the Attorney General’s Office website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/02/2018 15:26:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

834494

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Attorney General received a letter from the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission on the issue of disclosure of evidence; and whether that correspondence can, and will, be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office received a letter regarding disclosure in criminal proceedings from the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission on 7 July 2016. The text of the letter is published on their website ccrc.gov.uk. It highlighted that particular attention would be drawn to the issue in their annual report published later that month.</p><p>In April 2016 the Attorney General wrote to the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorates supporting a proposal for a joint thematic inspection of disclosure as one of the most important issues in the trial process and a vital component of a fair trial.</p><p>The CCRC letter was drawn to the attention of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service to assist preparation for the joint inspection of disclosure which was carried out between January and July 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/02/2018 15:49:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon