Closed Material Procedure Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Ministry of Justice

Closed Material Procedure

Lord Grayling Excerpts
Tuesday 22nd July 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Written Statements
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Lord Grayling Portrait The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling)
- Hansard - -

Section 12(1) of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (“the Act”) requires the Secretary of State to prepare (and lay before Parliament) a report on the use of the closed material procedure (CMP) under section 6 of that Act. Under section 12(4) of the Act, the report must be prepared and laid before Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 12-month period to which the report relates.

I am pleased to submit the report in the form of the table below. An Unnumbered Act Paper, containing the same information, will also be laid today. Copies will be available in the Vote Office and in the Printed Paper Office. The report covers the period from 25 June 2013 (when section 6 of the Act came into force) to 24 June 2014.

Applications for a declaration that a CMP application may be made in proceedings during the reporting period

Made by the Secretary of State

5(*)

Made by persons other than the Secretary of State

0

Applications for a revocation of a declaration made by a court that a CMP application may be made in proceedings during the reporting period

Made by the Secretary of State

0

Made by persons other than the Secretary of State

0

Declarations that a CMP application may be made in proceedings during the reporting period

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during the reporting period

2(**)

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during previous reporting periods

0

in response to applications made by persons other than the Secretary of State during the reporting period

0

in response to applications made by persons other than the Secretary of State during previous reporting periods

0

of the court’s own motion

0

Revocations of declarations for CMP during the reporting period

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during the reporting period

0

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during previous reporting periods

0

in response to applications made by persons other than the Secretary of State during the reporting period

0

in response to applications made by persons other than the Secretary of State during previous reporting periods

0

of the court’s own motion

0

Final judgments which are closed judgments, given under section 6 Justice and Security Act 2013 proceedings (CMP) during the reporting period

Judgments made on the substantive trial.

0

Judgments made regarding the outcome of the application for a CMP declaration.

1

Final judgments which are NOT closed judgments, given under section 6 Justice and Security Act 2013 proceedings (CMP) during the reporting period

Judgments made on the substantive trial.

0

Judgments made regarding the outcome of the application for a CMP declaration.

1



(*) Two applications each covered two claimants; one application covered five claimants; and the remaining two applications each covered one claimant.

(**) One declaration covered two claimants; one declaration covered one claimant; and the remaining three declarations are outstanding (within the timeframe of this report).