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1676354

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date	07/12/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential application of the Offences Against the person Act 1861 in tackling the use of conversion practices with LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	5874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Convention enables the Attorney General and I to have frank discussions with our Ministerial colleagues.</p><p>The Law Officers' Convention means that we cannot disclose whether or not we have advised on a legal issue or whether we will do so in the future.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:41:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1676357

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department has issued guidance to the (a) police and (b) Crown Prosecution Service on using existing legislation to tackle conversion practices against LGBT People.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	5875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The police are the responsibility of the Home Office.</p><p>While the Attorney General's Office superintends the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the CPS are operationally independent. The CPS bring prosecutions in line with the Code for Crown prosecutors.</p><p>The Attorney General's Office has not issued any guidance to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:36:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1357106

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sam Pybus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will examine the length of sentence handed to Sam Pybus under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	52602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>My office received a number of referrals to review the sentence in this deeply disturbing case. I agree that the sentence appears too low, and I have referred it to the Court of Appeal to be reviewed. The case will be heard in due course and the Court of Appeal will decide whether to increase the sentence.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 29/09/2021 16:18:59 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson