Deceased Individuals: Allegations Debate
Full Debate: Read Full DebateDepartment: Department for International Development
Baroness Hamwee
Main Page: Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)Department Debates - View all Baroness Hamwee's debates with the Department for International Development
Deceased Individuals: Allegations
Baroness Hamwee Excerpts(6 years, 3 months ago)
Lords ChamberRead Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Baroness Williams of Trafford
My Lords, obviously I cannot comment on any individual case but it may well be that that is the motive.
Baroness Hamwee (LD)
My Lords, given the difficulty of maintaining in the public’s mind the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, especially with the proliferation of social media, is there anything that we can learn from experiences in other countries or jurisdictions that have the same presumption?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
My Lords, what we can certainly do is learn from some of the situations that have arisen in this country. I could not comment at this point on examples from around the world.