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530641

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 24 June 2016 to Question 40180, on Gurpal Virdi, (a) when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) became aware that the Metropolitan Police had documentary evidence of the age of the complainant arrested on 7 November 1986 by PC Markwick and (b) whether the CPS asked for a statement by the arresting officer.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	41555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>(a) The prosecution case was that Gurpal Virdi was the arresting officer. When the file was received from the police in November 2013, before charge, it contained a document which stated the date of birth of the complainant.</p><p> </p><p>(b) DC Markwick is named on the extract of the court’s memorandum of conviction dated 24 June 1987 in the section “name of informant or complainant”. The CPS did not request a statement from Mr Markwick. The prosecution case was that Gurpal Virdi was the arresting officer.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2016 09:02:55 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

530642

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 24 June 2016 to Question 40180, on Gurpal Virdi, how many statements of fact by the complainant were contradicted by (a) Tom Makins and (b) police or court records; and which police or court records confirmed the age of the complainant in November 1986.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	41556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not consider it possible to answer questions (a) and (b) with a number because of the degree of interpretation required to determine what may amount to a “contradiction” and what may be described materially as a “statement of fact”.</p><p>There are no contemporaneous documents from 1986. The memorandum of conviction, which is held in the form of a certified extract created some years later, contains the date of birth. The microfiche records, which are dated after 1986, also contain the date of birth.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2016 09:04:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

527958

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which EU (a) legislative and (b) other proposals the Law Officers' Department is leading negotiations on for the Government in the Council of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	40899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments are not leading any negotiations for the Government in the Council of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/07/2016 16:05:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

527959

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what EU directives related to the Law Officers' Departments' responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	40879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no EU directives awaiting transposition into UK law for which the Law Officers’ Departments are responsible.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/07/2016 16:04:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

525522

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Mossack Fonesca
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what information he holds on whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to investigate the UK office of the law firm Mossack Fonesca.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>On 10 April, the Prime Minister set up a multi-agency taskforce to obtain and analyse the leaked “Panama Papers” and take action where possible. The taskforce comprises HMRC, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Conduct Authority who are working collaboratively to investigate any evidence of wrong-doing identified within the “Panama Papers”. The taskforce will report on its progress later this year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/06/2016 08:21:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524189

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524190

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gurpal Virdi.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has requested an estimate of the cost of obtaining a transcript and has been informed that it will take 10 days for this to be supplied. Once the estimate is received the CPS will write to the Honorable Member to inform him of the figure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:52:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

523886

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Games
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the Serious Fraud Office to investigate matters related to the sale and purchase of BHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text In all cases decisions to investigate are made by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, who acts independently. In respect of BHS, the SFO has confirmed that it is reviewing material in its possession. If the Director considers there are reasonable grounds to suspect serious or complex fraud which meets his Statement of Principle, he will open a formal criminal investigation. answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/06/2016 12:52:35 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

522928

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, in the light of the recent Panama papers scandal, of how many of the illegal assets subject to confiscation orders they will now be able to claim.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>On 10 April 2016 the Prime Minister announced a new cross-agency taskforce to obtain, analyse and take action on the information that has been made available from Mossack Fonseca and to take rapid action on any form of illegality that emerges.</p><p>A number of investigations are underway and the taskforce, which is accountable to the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will report on its progress later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/06/2016 16:28:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

522929

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of engagement they have had with the private sector in pursuit of the £1.6 billion of illegal assets calculated by the National Audit Office to be subject to confiscation orders but which will evade recovery.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2014 the Home Office established the Serious and Organised Crime Financial Sector Forum, an initiative to bring together Government, law enforcement agencies, regulators and the financial sector in a public-private partnership to tackle crime. Under its auspices, the National Crime Agency has trialled sharing data on uncollected confiscation orders with the banks, and leads the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT), which brings together banks and law enforcement agencies to share information to tackle money laundering.</p><p> </p><p>Work is continuing with the Financial Sector Forum to explore effective ways of sharing data between private sector entities.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/06/2016 16:29:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn