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1506611

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to data entitled Transparency GPC Transactions over £500 Nov 2021, published online by his Department on 8 August 2022, showing that 48 laptop computers were purchased using a GPC on 8 November 2021, how many of those laptops were replacements for existing laptops in use by his Department; and, of those existing laptops, how many had been in use for more than three years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The laptops were purchased not by the Attorney General’s Office, but by the Government Legal Department (GLD). They were purchased for recently recruited staff. 5 of the laptops were allocated to staff as replacements for existing hardware that was faulty and beyond repair. None were replacements for working laptops already in use by staff.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/09/2022 10:34:02 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507136

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for staff in (a) his department, (b) the Government Legal Department, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service and (d) the Serious Fraud Office regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by those organisations as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Based on available data, zero.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 29/09/2022 08:14:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504981

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her office was consulted on the decisions by the Cabinet Office to (a) spend public funds on obtaining the legal opinion by Lord Pannick QC and Jason Pobjoy of Blackstone Chambers relating to the proposed conduct of the House of Commons Privileges Committee and (b) place that legal opinion in the public domain.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The decision in any case as to whether to instruct counsel, who to instruct, and whether to waive privilege in respect of that advice, lies with the instructing Government Department. When a Government Department wishes to instruct a QC, other than First Treasury Counsel or Standing Counsel, it should submit a request for a nomination to the Attorney General’s Office. This process was followed, and the request approved, in relation to the instruction of Lord Pannick QC in this case.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 12:20:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504983

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Iryna Venediktova
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people attended lunch at The Cinnamon Club with the former Ukrainian prosecutor general, Ms Iryna Venediktova, on 26 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The lunch was attended by eight people.</p><p>The then Attorney General hosted a visit for the Ukrainian Prosecutor General and her delegation to discuss how the UK could help ensure accountability for atrocities commmitted during the ongoing Russian invasion.</p><p>The venue was quiet and secure which enabled an open and frank exchange about the situation in Ukraine and the prospects for bringing justice to the victims.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2022 09:16:48 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505002

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, wither reference to Section 109(4) of the Equality Act 2010, whether she has had discussions with (a) human resources and (b) employment law experts in her Department on the implications for her Department’s liability to Section 109 proceedings of removing mandatory training for civil service staff regarding their obligations under that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>There has been no change to the mandatory training for civil servants at the Attorney General’s Office.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2022 09:08:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1491641

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unaoil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the meeting between her predecessor and Mr David Tinsley referred to in chapter 10, paragraph 5(h)-(i) of Sir David Calvert Smith's report into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case, if she will set out (a) when, (b) where, (c) for what purpose that meeting took place and (d) whether it was declared in her Department's transparency publications for ministerial meetings or hospitality.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	41958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The then Attorney General (the Rt Hon member for Torridge and West Devon), met David Tinsley for 20 minutes in the waiting room of his barristers’ chambers on 18 October 2018, after an acquaintance requested that he meet informally with an unnamed contact with links to the US government about a matter affecting the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>It transpired that Mr Tinsley wished to draw the then Attorney General’s attention to the value of his services and those of his company in facilitating a better working relationship between the English investigation and prosecution authorities and US authorities. The then Attorney General brought the meeting to an end, pointing out that he did not have responsibility for the issues Mr Tinsley had raised.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into Unaoil, Mr Tinsley’s involvement in it, nor the defendants in that case or any other case, were raised in the meeting or discussed. The then Attorney General took no action in connection with the meeting and had no further contact with Mr Tinsley.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was not declared in the transparency returns for the Attorney General’s Office as the then Attorney General did not meet Mr Tinsley in his ministerial capacity.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/09/2022 09:13:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1489950

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department’s legal position in respect of challenges to the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership in the courts is that the partnership agreement is compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p><p> </p><p>As you are aware, litigation is ongoing. It is the Government’s position that the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is fully compatible with all of our domestic and international legal obligations including ECHR rights.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2022 08:16:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1490240

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	VAT: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and her officials on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in the UK derived from EU case law concerning the (i) definition of business and (ii) abuse principle.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 38563 question first answered 26/07/2022 11:20:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1490241

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	VAT: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government's review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in the UK derived from EU case law concerning the (i) definition of business and (ii) abuse principle.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 38562 question first answered 26/07/2022 11:20:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1490271

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: European Convention on Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she make assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on the operation of the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 38568 question first answered 26/07/2022 11:43:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry