Linked Data API

Filter

These are the filters currently being used to limit the search results. Click on the remove filter icon to remove the filter.

tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
house id	2
max ddp modified	2018-12-04T13:45:04.220Z
registered interest	false
title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017%2F19 HL4533

Sort by

This list shows the properties that you can sort by. Click on to sort in ascending order and to sort in descending order. The properties that you're currently sorting by are shown at the top of the list. Click on remove this sort to remove a sort and or to reverse the current sort order. Click on the remove all sorting icon to remove all the sorting. Note that sorting can significantly slow down the loading of the page.

View

Choose what information you want to view about each item. There are some pre-defined views, but starred properties are always present no matter what the view. You can star properties by clicking on the icon. The currently starred icons have a icon; clicking on it will unstar the property.

Items per page

Choose how many items to view on each page. The more items you view, the longer the page will take to load.

Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest

date

exactly:

or between:
and

answering body

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

hansard heading

house id

legislature


pref label

question text

tabling member printed

uin

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

exactly:

or between:
and

answer text

answering member printed

question first answered

answering member


label

tabling member


label

819328

registered interest

date

09/01/2018

answering body

Attorney General

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Attorney General

answering dept sort name

Attorney General

hansard heading

Prosecutions

house id

legislature

25277

pref label	House of Lords

question text

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use by the CPS of the phrase “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” in cases where there is no evidence at all against the accused; and what guidance they have given, or intend to give, to the CPS in respect of such use.

tabling member printed

Lord Blencathra

uin

HL4533

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/01/2018

answer text

The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) sets out the general principles Crown prosecutors must follow when they make decisions on cases.The full Code test has two stages. Crown prosecutors must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction against each suspect or defendant on each charge. If the case does pass the evidential stage, Crown prosecutors must proceed to the second stage and decide if a prosecution is needed in the public interest.The Crown Prosecution Service has adopted the wording recommended in the 2016 report of Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”. That terminology is not a comment on the strength or weakness of the evidence in any particular case.The test applied by prosecutors continues to be that set out in the Code.

answering member printed

Lord Keen of Elie

question first answered

16/01/2018 16:55:10

answering member

4538

label	Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie

tabling member

497

label	Biography information for Lord Blencathra