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date	10/07/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the Crown Prosecution Service prior to the domestic abuse guidance, published on 5 December 2022, which states that a spouse who withholds money from their partner for gender transitioning may be committing domestic abuse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>As part of their independent functions the CPS periodically issue guidance to aid their prosecutors. The publication of the domestic abuse guidance came following a CPS run public consultation that was widely publicised through Government departments, Police and Crime Commissioners, Domestic Abuse and Victims’ Commissioners, and the public. A full consultation response can be found on the CPS website. As a courtesy, the CPS forwarded a copy of the guidance to the Attorney General’s Office at the time of publication in December 2022. No substantive discussions were held.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 28/07/2023 11:45:53 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

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date	15/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: National Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their view has changed as to whether the national security legislation in Hong Kong constitutes a breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration; and why British judges are permitted to serve in Hong Kong courts that have responsibility for the implementation of that legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary said in Parliament on 1 July, the enactment of this legislation, imposed by the authorities in Beijing on the people of Hong Kong, constitutes a clear and serious breach of the Joint Declaration. The UK Government continues to make clear our concerns to the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities.</p><p>The UK judiciary is independent of the UK Government. The President of the Supreme Court issued a statement on 17 July noting &quot;The Supreme Court supports the judges of Hong Kong in their commitment to safeguard judicial independence and the rule of law. It will continue to assess the position in Hong Kong as it develops, in discussion with the UK Government. Whether judges of the Supreme Court can continue to serve as judges in Hong Kong will depend on whether such service remains compatible with judicial independence and the rule of law.&quot;</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/10/2020 15:47:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool