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1126324

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Evidence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 May (HL Deb, col 1220), whether the Attorney General will personally supervise the review of the digital evidence consent form; and whether the views of police and crime commissioners were taken into account in the development of that form.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL15684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The digital evidence consent forms are overseen by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Crown Prosecution Service, and they will continue to engage with victims’ groups and the Information Commissioner’s Office to ensure that the right approach is being taken. A draft of the form was issued to a number of stakeholders during development, and this included the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. The Attorney General will be issuing new Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure in the winter. These Guidelines will assist prosecutors and investigators in ensuring that privacy and data protection considerations are properly considered in disclosure practice and procedure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/05/2019 15:14:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1184491

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 2019 rape inspection, published in December 2019, in how many rape cases the defence given by the defendant was that the complainant consented to sexual activity; in how many such cases the defendant was acquitted; and in how many rape cases a defendant who gave a different defence was acquitted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL2508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of defences relied on by defendants at trial. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Rape and serious sexual offences are horrific crimes, which can have a significant and profound impact on victims. The CPS is a partner in the ongoing cross-Government review of the criminal justice response to rape, and is committed to addressing any issues the review highlights openly and honestly. Together with the police, the CPS is already developing a joint action plan, which will address issues raised in the recently published HMCPSI Rape Inspection 2019 report and – in due course – findings of the cross-Government review.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/03/2020 12:16:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1485233

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 June (HL Deb, col 580), what plans the Attorney General has to meet the Chairman of the Bar Association to discuss delays in dealing with rape cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL1397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>A key part the Attorney General’s role as head of the profession is meeting regularly with the leaders of the Professional bodies to discuss matters of relevance within the criminal justice system including the Chair of the Bar Council, the Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, the President of the Law Society and the Bar Circuit Leaders. These valuable and productive meetings enable the Law Officers to understand the issues affecting front-line practitioners, so that they are able to articulate their concerns to ministerial colleagues to ensure that in the development of government policy, the views of the profession are reflected and understood.</p><p> </p><p>Agendas for these meetings are prepared so as to allow flexibility, in order to allow for discussion of topical issues. Such issues include the views of practitioners on the Crown Court backlog, government initiatives such as the roll out of s.28 and how we are working together to improve the system performance in relation to rape cases.</p><p> </p><p>The regular monthly meetings of the Bar Council are attended either by the Attorney or the Solicitor General, so as to allow the Law Officers a full understanding of the issues that are affecting front-line practitioners.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 14/07/2022 12:11:34 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1485234

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Covid-19 Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the terms of reference for the UK COVID-19 public inquiry, chaired by Lady Hallett, will be published; and what are the reasons for the delay.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL1398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The final terms of reference for the UK COVID-19 inquiry were published on 28 June 2022. This followed a full and extensive public consultation process led by the inquiry’s independent chair, in addition to engagement with the devolved administrations as required by the Inquiries Act 2005.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 13/07/2022 16:38:28 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455655

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: London Allowance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants who are currently primarily working from home received London weighting additional allowances in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>London weighting was removed as a prescribed central allowance in the 1990s. Civil Service pay arrangements have been delegated to individual departments for all grades below the Senior Civil Service, since 1996. London pay arrangements will therefore vary significantly between departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no central source of data that links those working from home to pay conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 12/04/2022 12:34:38 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1460495

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Remote Working
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to encourage civil servants to return to work in the office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, civil servants have been increasingly returning to the office.</p><p>The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency has written to departments to underline the importance of workplace attendance and request that they review their existing guidance on the minimum number of days staff work in the office to ensure we are making efficient use of the government estate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 28/04/2022 11:08:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455656

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Incentives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants received bonuses in addition to their salaries in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, departments have published aggregated annual information on their bonus spend on their own websites since 2011. This promotes scrutiny of how taxpayers’ money is spent. The latest data, which covers the performance years 2019/20 and 2020/21, was published on Government Departments’ websites on 31 March 2022. This data includes information on total bonus spend, the number of civil servants receiving bonuses, and the size of payments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regarding the second question: executive agencies publish individualised data on payments received by their Board-level members in their Annual Accounts. This includes data on which executives receive bonuses, and the size of any payments. Since 2010, the Government has made bonuses across the Civil Service more tightly focussed on top performance; current spend on them is around 1 percent of the total Civil Service paybill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7449 question first answered 07/04/2022 16:36:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455658

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service Agencies: Incentives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many executives in charge of government agencies receive annual bonuses; which executives receive such bonuses; and in each case, what is the value of those bonuses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, departments have published aggregated annual information on their bonus spend on their own websites since 2011. This promotes scrutiny of how taxpayers’ money is spent. The latest data, which covers the performance years 2019/20 and 2020/21, was published on Government Departments’ websites on 31 March 2022. This data includes information on total bonus spend, the number of civil servants receiving bonuses, and the size of payments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regarding the second question: executive agencies publish individualised data on payments received by their Board-level members in their Annual Accounts. This includes data on which executives receive bonuses, and the size of any payments. Since 2010, the Government has made bonuses across the Civil Service more tightly focussed on top performance; current spend on them is around 1 percent of the total Civil Service paybill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7447 question first answered 07/04/2022 16:36:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1167253

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether agreement has been reached with the Welsh Government on which parts of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill require the Welsh Assembly's consent in accordance with the Sewel Convention.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has strengthened and enhanced devolution in Wales. We are fully committed to abiding by the Sewel Convention and associated practices. We have sought legislative consent from the National Assembly for Wales for certain provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in line with this. We will continue to discuss with the Welsh Government the clauses for which Assembly consent is sought.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 01/11/2019 12:50:25 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1167254

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the proposed "Henry VIII" clauses in clause 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill; and whether the views of the Welsh Government have been sought on the powers within that Bill to amend the Government of Wales Act 2000 by regulation as opposed to primary legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Clause 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would allow the UK Government to meet fully the obligations set out in the Northern Ireland Protocol. The “Henry VIII” power in the clause could be used where necessary to amend primary legislation to ensure arrangements required in the Northern Ireland Protocol are operational and to implement the requirements set out in the Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>In response to concerns raised by the Devolved Administrations, clause 18 of the Bill (<em>Main power in connection with other separation issues</em>) has been restricted so that powers under this clause cannot be used to amend the devolution acts, including the Government of Wales Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish whether restricting the powers in clause 21 in a similar way would mean the obligations in the Protocol could still be met. Subject to the outcome of this work, the Government would be open to imposing the restriction by amending the Bill during its passage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 01/11/2019 12:51:55 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon