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Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
Thursday 5th November 2020

Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Question to the Attorney General:

What steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of cases in the CPS.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The CPS is working closely with partner agencies across the criminal justice system to reduce the current backlog of cases created by the Covid-19 outbreak. This includes both internal measures to deal with larger live caseloads in CPS Areas and working closely with partners to ensure maximum throughput of cases at court.

Considerable progress is being made. In the honourable member’s constituency, Merthyr Magistrates’ Court has now reduced its backlog to pre-COVID levels.


Written Question
Human Rights
Thursday 14th April 2016

Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the UK's domestic and international human rights obligations.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

I meet regularly with Ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including on domestic and international human rights law. I am not able to talk about any legal content of those discussions because, by convention, whether the Law Officers have given advice or not is not disclosed outside Government.


Written Question
Care Homes: Wales
Monday 25th January 2016

Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the CPS about the findings of the Flynn Report on the neglect of older people living in care homes in Wales.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The evidence in relation to Operation Jasmine has been carefully considered by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and they have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect in accordance with the Code for Prosecutors.

The Director of Public Prosecutions noted the findings of the Flynn report. She has previously considered and responded to the specific recommendation that the CPS refer the case to the Special Crime Division but considered that to be neither necessary or appropriate given that the Special Crime Division was involved in the original decision making.



Written Question
Care Homes: Wales
Monday 25th January 2016

Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, if he will discuss with the Director of Public Prosecutions the findings of the Flynn Report on the neglect of older people living in care homes in Wales and the disciplinary decisions of the Nursing and Midwifery Council about three of the nurses involved in that neglect; and if he will ask the Director of Public Prosecutions to reconsider the decision not to bring any criminal prosecutions in relation to the findings of operation Jasmine.

Answered by Robert Buckland

The evidence in relation to Operation Jasmine has been carefully considered by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and they have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect in accordance with the Code for Prosecutors.

The Director of Public Prosecutions noted the findings of the Flynn report. She has previously considered and responded to the specific recommendation that the CPS refer the case to the Special Crime Division but considered that to be neither necessary or appropriate given that the Special Crime Division was involved in the original decision making.