Information between 9th May 2024 - 8th July 2024
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Monday 13th May 2024 Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Urgent question - Main Chamber Subject: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will provide an update on the situation in Parc prison View calendar |
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13 May 2024 - Risk-based Exclusion - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 121 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 169 |
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 275 |
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 148 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 272 |
17 May 2024 - Prayers - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 15 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 0 Noes - 37 |
21 May 2024 - High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3) - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 86 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 7 |
21 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Chris Elmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 164 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 268 |
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Chris Elmore speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Chris Elmore contributed 2 speeches (59 words) Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
Chris Elmore speeches from: Parc Prison
Chris Elmore contributed 2 speeches (397 words) Monday 13th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice |
Chris Elmore speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Chris Elmore contributed 2 speeches (102 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Online Safety Act 2023: Convictions
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Monday 20th May 2024 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023. Answered by Victoria Prentis I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.
Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.
As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.
The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.
Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.
Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication. |
Online Safety Act 2023: Prosecutions
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Monday 20th May 2024 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023. Answered by Victoria Prentis I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.
Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.
As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.
The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.
Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.
Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication. |
Music
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Friday 24th May 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: What recent assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on the music industry. Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The Government continues to support the industry’s adaptation to new requirements, including through our Export Support Service and comprehensive GOV.UK guidance. Visa and permit free touring routes are available in 24 of 27 Member States including key markets; France, Germany and Spain. The Music Export Growth Scheme, tripled to £3.2 million until 2025, facilitates UK artist entry into new international markets. MEGS has successfully supported over 400 artist music export projects and SMEs since launching in 2013, with a return on investment of over £13 for every £1 received. |
Wines: Excise Duties
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Friday 24th May 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the easement for levying wine duty beyond February 2025. Answered by Gareth Davies The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025. As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty. The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty. |
Wines: Government Assistance
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) Friday 24th May 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support the wine industry after February 2025. Answered by Gareth Davies The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025. As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty. The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty. |
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13th May 2024
Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Labour Together Address of donor: Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: company, registration 09630980 (Registered 30 April 2024) Source |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill
3 speeches (190 words) 3rd reading Friday 24th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) rights in the darkest days of their grief.I especially thank my honourable friend in the other place, Chris - Link to Speech |
Victims and Prisoners Bill
30 speeches (5,490 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) disagreeing with their amendments 33 and 47;That Edward Argar, Scott Mann, Aaron Bell, Paul Holmes, Chris - Link to Speech |
Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill
15 speeches (5,003 words) 2nd reading Friday 17th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I thank my honourable friend Chris Elmore, the Member for Ogmore, for guiding this Bill through - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I also commend the honourable Chris Elmore, for taking it up and seeing it through the other place.I - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) Elmore in the other House on having the persistence to get us to this situation. - Link to Speech 4: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) Elmore MP for sponsoring this vital piece of legislation. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) I also express my gratitude to Chris Elmore, MP for Ogmore, for his role in leading us here today to - Link to Speech |
Recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry
0 speeches (None words) Wednesday 15th May 2024 - Petitions Mentions: 1: None —[Presented by Chris Elmore, Official Report, 26 April 2024; Vol. 748, c. 1293.] - Link to Speech |
Parc Prison
30 speeches (3,760 words) Monday 13th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) for requesting it. - Link to Speech 2: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) Friend the Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) for submitting this urgent question, and the Minister for - Link to Speech 3: Jamie Wallis (Con - Bridgend) Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) on the way the Minister has engaged. - Link to Speech 4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore), this is essentially a shared responsibility between G4S, HMPPS, the - Link to Speech 5: Jessica Morden (Lab - Newport East) Friend the Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) has said today. - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 29th May 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2023-24 Committee of Selection Found: Wednesday 8 November 2023 Members present Sir Bill Wiggin, in the Chair Jo Churchill Steve Double Chris |
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Attendance statistics - Session 2023-24 Committee of Selection Found: 90.9%) Stuart Anderson (Conservative, Wolverhampton South West) 8 of 20 (added 21 Nov 2023) (40.0%) Chris |
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Attendance statistics - Procedure Committee attendance of Members for Session 2023-24 Procedure Committee Found: of 12 (58.3%) Samantha Dixon (Labour, City of Chester) (added 5 Dec 2023) 5 of 11 (45.5%) Chris |
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair of the Senedd’s Legislation, Constitution and Justice Committee to the Chair in relation to HMP Parc Welsh Affairs Committee Found: Dear Stephen Parc Prison As you expressed in your supplementary to the urgent question asked by Chris |
Monday 13th May 2024
Report - Second Report - Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental Performance in Session 2022–23 Procedure Committee Found: Sir Christopher Chope MP (Conservative, Christchurch ) Samantha Dixon MP (Labour, City of Chester ) Chris |
Parliamentary Research |
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Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill: HL Bill 70 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0025
May. 10 2024 Found: The bill was introduced in the House of Commons by Chris Elmore (Labour MP for Ogmore) with a different |
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May. 10 2024
Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill: HL Bill 70 Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 Briefing papers Found: The bill was introduced in the House of Commons by Chris Elmore (Labour MP for Ogmore) with a different |
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Tuesday 21st May 2024
Attorney General Source Page: Letter dated 17/05/2024 from Victoria Prentis MP to Chris Elmore MP regarding a supplementary question concerning prosecutions for new offences under the Online Safety Act 2023, as raised during a question on violence against women and girls: prosecution rates. 2p. Document: Online_Safety_Act_Prosecutions.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 17/05/2024 from Victoria Prentis MP to Chris Elmore MP regarding a supplementary question |