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date	28/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has made an assessment of the written legal opinion by Sir David Edward, Sir Francis Jacobs and Sir Jeremy Lever on the constitutional role of Parliament in future decision making on withdrawal from the European Union and whether an Article 50 notification may be unilaterally withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	65913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have or have not advised, and the content of their advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/03/2017 15:07:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419454

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Syria: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 30, whether the legal advice provided on the targeted killing of British citizens by remote control drone in Syria covers future targeted killings of UK citizens or if new and separate advice will have to be sought for any future such killings.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10450 10451 10466 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419021

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 30, on counter-terrorism, whether he held discussions or received representations from other government lawyers on the legal basis for the military action against Reyaad Khan in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10451 10466 10542 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419022

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 30, on counter-terrorism, whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's legal adviser was consulted on the legal basis for the military action against Reyaad Khan in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10450 10466 10542 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419024

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Syria: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 7 September 2015, on Syria: Refugees and Counter-terrorism, Official Report, column 30, what the legal basis was for the targeted killing of British citizens by remote control drone in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10450 10451 10542 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

61435

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether officials of the Crown Prosecution Service have (a) met the Attorney General of Nigeria since January 2012, (b) had any conversations about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI with (i) the Attorney General of Nigeria and (ii) any other senior official of the Nigerian government and (c) received any requests for mutual legal assistance regarding the OPL 245 case.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The CPS Criminal Justice Advisor in Abuja has met with the Attorney-General of Nigeria a number of times since January 2012 to discuss criminal justice reform. The CPS are not aware of any other contact between CPS officials and the Attorney General of Nigeria.</p><p>The CPS is not aware of any of its officials having conversations with the Attorney General of Nigeria or with any other senior official of the Nigerian government about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI.</p><p>Requests for mutual legal assistance attract a duty of confidentiality to the requesting country and, therefore, the CPS can neither confirm nor deny the receipt of any such requests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:36:28 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas