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747414

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether all government funded bodies are required to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe guidelines on human rights, and if so who monitors their compliance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Under international law, the United Kingdom has undertaken to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives further effect in domestic law to certain rights and freedoms drawn from the Convention, called the Convention rights. Section 6(1) of the Act makes it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right. Under section 6(3), “public authority” is defined as including a court or tribunal, and “any person certain of whose function are functions of a public nature”; but does not include either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament. Section 73(2) of the Care Act 2011 additionally specifies that a provider of regulated care and support that has been arranged or paid for by a local authority or Health and Social Care trust is also to be taken as exercising a function of a public nature for the purposes of the Human Rights Act. Any allegation that a public authority has acted incompatibly with a Convention right may be brought to court as specified in section 7 of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>Guidelines produced by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are not legally binding.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2017 15:17:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

746083

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, how much legal aid was paid to England based solicitors of John Downey, who was accused of killing four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park; over what period; and who were the solicitors and barristers instructed on his behalf.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Anyone facing a Crown Court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the legal aid paid to represent John Downey for representation at the police station and in court between May 2013-December 2014:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Criminal Legal representation at</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police station</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Solicitor</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Birnberg Peirce LTD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£293.40</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Crown court trial costs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£18,412.07</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Barrister</p></td><td><p>Henry Blaxland QC</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£20,089.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark J Summers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£12,966.79</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Total costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£51,761.26</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/07/2017 15:30:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

459834

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what criteria they define a serious crime as opposed to other crimes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Various definitions of serious crime are used in different contexts. Sections 2, 2A and 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Serious Crime Act 2007 define ‘involved in serious crime’ for the purposes of Part I of that Act, which relates to serious crime prevention orders. Section 81 (2) and (3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 defines ‘serious crime’ for the purposes of that Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/03/2016 17:19:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

521817

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether someone in prison is defined as residing at home or in prison.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>There is no express provision in either the Prison Act 1952 or the Prison Rules 1999 that states that a prisoner in England and Wales is treated as either ‘residing’ in the prison or at their home. The law recognises concepts such as ‘ordinary residence’ but the meaning of this term will depend upon the specific context in which the question arises.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/06/2016 14:06:55 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird