Jack Straw Alert Sample


Alert Sample

View the Parallel Parliament page for Jack Straw

Information between 25th July 2021 - 20th April 2024

Note: This sample does not contain the most recent 2 weeks of information. Up to date samples can only be viewed by Subscribers.
Click here to view Subscription options.


Jack Straw mentioned

Calendar
Wednesday 7th September 2022 10 a.m.
Constitution Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers
At 10.15am: Oral evidence
The Rt Hon Jack Straw - former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (2007-10) at Ministry of Justice
View calendar


Parliamentary Debates
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
73 speeches (16,778 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) looking back at some of the debates on the Human Rights Act 1998, during which then Home Secretary Jack - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
49 speeches (8,342 words)
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) The noble Lord Irvine, Tony Blair as Prime Minister and Jack Straw all agreed that the sovereignty of - Link to Speech

James Bulger Murder: Public Inquiry
29 speeches (10,199 words)
Monday 25th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) minimum term.When Venables was recalled to custody in 2010, the then Secretary of State for Justice, Jack - Link to Speech
2: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham, Yardley) However, as the Minister said, Jack Straw was the last person to ask for a review. - Link to Speech

Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Terance Radford
16 speeches (5,935 words)
Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) place for over two decades, having been created and introduced in 1999 by the then Home Secretary, Jack - Link to Speech

Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders
25 speeches (5,561 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) There was one in 1997 and another in 2007, when Jack Straw had a terrible argument with Lord Falconer - Link to Speech

Justice
20 speeches (1,894 words)
Friday 1st March 2024 - Ministerial Corrections
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) It is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw introduced in 2007 in response - Link to Speech
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Straw introduced in 2010 in response to a campaign fought very passionately by Ben’s sister, Brooke, - Link to Speech

UK Military Action in Iraq: Declassified Documents
20 speeches (8,753 words)
Wednesday 13th December 2023 - Westminster Hall
Attorney General
Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) of view and from the charter point of view it was illegal.”Indeed, it was the then Foreign Secretary Jack - Link to Speech

HM Prison Bedford
6 speeches (4,746 words)
Thursday 30th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) By regrettable contrast, the plans under Jack Straw in the last Labour Government were to build 7,500 - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
112 speeches (57,201 words)
Wednesday 8th November 2023 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) Former Home Secretary Jack Straw said that the state removes the liberty of those convicted of crime - Link to Speech

Prison Capacity
95 speeches (12,672 words)
Monday 16th October 2023 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) Jack Straw stood at this Dispatch Box and said, “We will build three titan prisons, each one of them - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)
52 speeches (12,532 words)
Committee stage: 11th sitting
Thursday 6th July 2023 - Public Bill Committees
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Maria Eagle (LAB - Garston and Halewood) When Jack Straw became Home Secretary in 1997, he was convinced that something needed to be done, in - Link to Speech
2: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) Member for Garston and Halewood mentioned Jack Straw in 1997. - Link to Speech

National Security Bill
62 speeches (11,586 words)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) This is not fanciful; we know what was done by Jack Straw and senior officials of the day in relation - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
214 speeches (45,693 words)
Report stage-
Wednesday 26th April 2023 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: None As things have progressed, we need to bear in mind what, for example, Jack Straw said—I am speaking now - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
243 speeches (46,587 words)
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (day 1)
Monday 27th March 2023 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: David Davis (CON - Haltemprice and Howden) In fact, that was demonstrated when we had the case of prisoner votes and Jack Straw, who took through - Link to Speech
2: William Cash (CON - Stone) happened there.In the House of Commons during the passage of the Human Rights Act, the Home Secretary Jack - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
51 speeches (7,541 words)
Wednesday 8th March 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) By way of a Statement, the then Minister in charge of the Bill, Jack Straw, provided that this test should - Link to Speech

Business of the House
78 speeches (10,828 words)
Thursday 26th January 2023 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) particularly scurrilous and baseless attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and to quote the involvement of Jack - Link to Speech

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
122 speeches (30,766 words)
Report stage
Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) that I took part in one of the first university sit-ins at Leeds University in 1968, when—led by one Jack - Link to Speech

Public Sector Pay: Proposed Strike Action
60 speeches (13,465 words)
Tuesday 1st November 2022 - Westminster Hall
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) In Scotland, it does have the right to strike; I was offered that dubious denial in Scotland by Jack - Link to Speech

Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
101 speeches (39,098 words)
Friday 9th September 2022 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (LAB - Life peer) are brilliant at all other kinds of other things, but that is not one of them, so I left the dog with Jack - Link to Speech

Human Rights Act 1998
54 speeches (18,331 words)
Thursday 14th July 2022 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (CON - Life peer) In 2008, Jack Straw, the very Home Secretary who introduced the Act, commented that it did not seem to - Link to Speech

Iran’s Nuclear Programme
51 speeches (17,710 words)
Thursday 30th June 2022 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) because the members of the delegation were Lord Lamont, a former Conservative Minister and Chancellor, Jack - Link to Speech

Bill of Rights
84 speeches (11,336 words)
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Jack Straw said back in 2007 that he wanted to rebalance the rights set out in the Act, adding explicitly - Link to Speech
2: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Interestingly, he did that with Jack Straw, the architect of the Human Rights Act, but my right hon. - Link to Speech

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
113 speeches (23,547 words)
Report stage
Monday 13th June 2022 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) Jack Straw, who was then a Labour MP, was banned from the student union—I forget why. - Link to Speech

Elections Bill
77 speeches (16,698 words)
Lords Hansard - Part 2
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: None In his autobiography, Mr Jack Straw said with some pride that as Justice Secretary at the time he had - Link to Speech

Legal Aid
38 speeches (5,528 words)
Tuesday 15th March 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) I remind him that a previous Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, had plans to cut almost £200 million a year - Link to Speech

Elections Bill
125 speeches (28,202 words)
Lords Hansard - Part 2
Thursday 10th March 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Rennard (LDEM - Life peer) executive and investigative powers”.Introducing the resulting legislation, the then Home Secretary, Jack - Link to Speech

Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]
98 speeches (16,547 words)
Report stage
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) proportional representation system, as there were only two people who understood it: Mr d’Hondt, who died, and Jack - Link to Speech

House of Commons Commission
6 speeches (1,238 words)
Tuesday 18th January 2022 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) recommended by the Governance Committee, which I served on, actually, under the distinguished chairmanship of Jack - Link to Speech

Human Rights Legislation
63 speeches (9,484 words)
Tuesday 14th December 2021 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Let me quote to him what the architect of the Human Rights Act, Jack Straw, said:“There is a sense that - Link to Speech
2: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) I cited Jack Straw—there have been others—as one of the architects of the Act who has been seriously - Link to Speech
3: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) for reform very powerfully, and there is of course the Labour architect of the Human Rights Act in Jack - Link to Speech

Strengthening Standards in Public Life
199 speeches (36,048 words)
Wednesday 17th November 2021 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) the matter most recently in February 2015 when there was a scandal about a sting operation involving Jack - Link to Speech

Committee on Standards
125 speeches (14,690 words)
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) endorsement of the standards commissioner’s advice to the Committee.I refer to the debate in 2010 when Jack - Link to Speech

The Coroner Service
23 speeches (13,661 words)
Thursday 28th October 2021 - Westminster Hall

Mentions:
1: Maria Eagle (LAB - Garston and Halewood) I was the courts Minister in the MOJ for a period of time, back when Jack Straw was the Lord Chancellor - Link to Speech

Iran
28 speeches (10,941 words)
Tuesday 19th October 2021 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) clear position, and I think it was the right one.Successive British Governments, as far back as when Jack - Link to Speech

Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]
27 speeches (14,099 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 7th September 2021 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Lympne, and the Home Secretary who followed him, the right honourable Jack - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th April 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Petitioner Evidence Part 1 of 2

Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Found: Home Office Jack Straw 26th March 2000 One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (a) 1993

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Promoter Evidence Part 2 of 4

Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Found: Jack Straw One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State 99 208APPENDIX SCHEME FOR THE ALTERATION

Wednesday 28th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Sir Robert Buckland, and University College London

The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory - Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: They put through a Privy Council order, which Jack Straw appended his name to, banning their returning

Wednesday 28th February 2024
Oral Evidence - David Snoxell, and King's College London

The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory - Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: They put through a Privy Council order, which Jack Straw appended his name to, banning their returning

Tuesday 20th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Alex Salmond

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: I should say that the European one was still working; in fact, Jack Straw, who was Foreign Secretary

Friday 9th February 2024
Report - 3rd Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Constitution Committee

Found: The Rt Hon Jack Straw, then Home Secretary, and minister in charge of the Human Rights Bill in the House

Tuesday 6th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Ministry of Justice

Future prison population and estate capacity - Justice Committee

Found: Titan prisons were proposed by, I think, Jack Straw, with 7,500 places, but they were never built.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw: My name is Jack Straw.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw: My name is Jack Straw.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw: My name is Jack Straw.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw: My name is Jack Straw.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw: My name is Jack Straw.

Monday 18th December 2023
Written Evidence - Women for a Free Iran
MENA0032 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Historical attempts at engagement, spanning administrations from Jack Straw to Clinton, Obama, and

Thursday 14th December 2023
Report - Second Report - Scott Benton

Committee on Standards

Found: Committee on Standards - First Report of the 2015–16 session on the conduct of Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Mr Jack

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Professor Jim Gallagher, and Professor Ciaran Martin

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: When I was a Justice Minister in Scotland, I dealt with Jack Straw and occasionally, depending on

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Lord Dunlop, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: When I was a Justice Minister in Scotland, I dealt with Jack Straw and occasionally, depending on

Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - Self-employed/indepedent practice
SOT0033 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: action=view_ar ticle&article=850 - Text of a Letter from The Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to Miguel

Wednesday 13th September 2023
Written Evidence - Self-employed/indepedent practice
TTC0023 - The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution

The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution - Procedure Committee

Found: action=view_article&article =850 - Text of a Letter from The Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to Miguel

Wednesday 14th June 2023
Oral Evidence - Judiciary of England and Wales

Constitution Committee

Found: last six years —six of them, and one of them twice—but looking back to the early days, although Jack

Wednesday 1st March 2023
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice

Constitution Committee

Found: I for one was impressed by the evidence of Jack Straw, who has written a preface to a Policy Exchange

Wednesday 25th January 2023
Report - Ninth Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: As the then Home Secretary Rt Hon Jack Straw set out during the second reading debate on the Human Rights

Wednesday 18th January 2023
Report - 9th Report - The roles of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: In a Written Ministerial Statement accompanying the Bill’s introduction, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, then

Tuesday 10th January 2023
Oral Evidence - International Agreements Committee, House of Lords, and International Trade Committee, House of Commons

The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: CRaG was only introduced because Jack Straw was a bit worried, or dizzy at the height of power he

Wednesday 14th December 2022
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: A whole range of other people were involved right at the outset: Jack Straw, David Blunkett—very much

Tuesday 29th November 2022
Oral Evidence - Independent Commission into the Experience of Victims and Long-term Prisoners, Independent Commission into the Experience of Victims and Long-term Prisoners, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London, Sentencing Academy, and Claire Waxman OBE

Public opinion and understanding of sentencing - Justice Committee

Found: Jack Straw was Home Secretary at the time.

Friday 23rd September 2022
Written Evidence - University of Dundee, and University of the West of Scotland
BOR0015 - Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Home: The Human Rights Bill (1997) para 1.14. 6 In the House of Commons, the then Home Secretary, Jack

Friday 23rd September 2022
Written Evidence - Newcastle Forum for Human Rights and Social Justice
BOR0062 - Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: 68 (ECtHR, 21 January 2021) [126]. 31 Iraq Invasion: HC Deb vol 42(87) col 487-488 17 May 2004 (Jack

Wednesday 7th September 2022
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: Jack Straw: I do not think it has.

Friday 2nd September 2022
Written Evidence - Ministry of Justice
RLC0020 - Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: 1The Rt Hon Jack Straw Πwritten evidence (RLC0020)House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into

Tuesday 5th July 2022
Oral Evidence - University College London (UCL), and Kings College London

The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: that the Bar Council noted in its evidence that, during the passing of CRaG, the then Lord Chancellor, Jack

Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Justice

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: of us rolling up our sleeves and focusing on the justice matters at hand.Q93Lord Howard of Lympne: Jack

Wednesday 15th June 2022
Written Evidence - University of Oxford, Dr Aebraham Diamond, and Dr Eleanor Abbott-Diamond
SLH0004 - The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: British Embassy in Tehran in 2011.fl Even so, Ms Siddiq states in that same press conference that Rt Hon Jack

Wednesday 25th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Judiciary of England and Wales, and Judiciary of England and Wales

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: It is not a job for somebody who has done all the other jobs, as Ken Clarke and Jack Straw had, and for

Tuesday 17th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Jeremy Hunt

The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw™s seminal book, fiThe English Jobfl is a really good introduction to that.

Tuesday 17th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw™s seminal book, fiThe English Jobfl is a really good introduction to that.

Tuesday 17th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw™s seminal book, fiThe English Jobfl is a really good introduction to that.

Friday 29th April 2022
Report - Seventh report - All-Party Parliamentary Groups: improving governance and regulation

All-Party Parliamentary Groups - Committee on Standards

Found: report followed a report by a Speakers™ Working Group, led by the former Leader of the House, Rt Hon Jack

Friday 29th April 2022
Report - Ninth Report - The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House

The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw MP, stated at its introduction: Unnecessary secrecy in Government and our public services

Friday 25th March 2022
Correspondence - Letter from B Hayter to Amanda Milling in response to letter of 8 March

International Agreements Committee

Found: effects than most treaties.”2 The Committee recorded the evidence of the then Lord Chancellor, Jack

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Written Evidence - The Constitution Unit, University College London, and Queen Mary University of London
RLC0006 - Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: Straw had reportedly wanted to appointed Lady Justice Heather Hallett: see Joshua Rozenberg, "Jack Straw

Thursday 17th February 2022
Oral Evidence - Lord Mance (Former Justice at The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom), Professor Alison Young (Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law at University of Cambridge), Professor Adam Tomkins (John Millar Chair of Public Law at Glasgow University), and Dr Hélène Tyrrell (Lecturer at Newcastle University)
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, Glasgow University, and Newcastle University

Human Rights Act Reform - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: reminded us all that one of the key aims of the original Human Rights Bill introduced by Lord Irvine and Jack

Friday 11th February 2022
Oral Evidence - Alexander Horne (Former Legal Adviser to the House of Lords European Union Committee and at International Agreements Committee, House of Lords and Counsel at Hackett & Dabbs LLP and visiting professor at Durham University), Arabella Lang (Former Clerk in Parliament and Treaties Hub, House of Commons Library and Head of Research at Public Law Project), and Jill Barrett (Independent international law consultant, associate member Six Pump Court and Former legal Counsellor at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Visiting Reader in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London)
Durham University, Public Law Project, and Queen Mary University of London

The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: It was remarked on at the time and acknowledged, even, by Jack Straw, who was the Secretary of State

Friday 10th December 2021
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon. the Lord Blunkett, former Home Secretary (2001-2004), The Rt Hon. the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2013-2017), Royal Holloway University of London, Durham University, and Sentencing Academy

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences - Justice Committee

Found: Of course, Jack Straw, as Justice Secretary when the Department was split, in fact brought in measures

Wednesday 17th November 2021
Written Evidence - Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
ANZ0009 - UK trade negotiations: Agreement with New Zealand

UK trade negotiations: Agreement with New Zealand - International Trade Committee

Found: As Anthony Mangnall MP stated in questioning: ‚The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, which Jack

Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP (Minister for Trade Policy at Department for International Trade), Victoria Prentis MP (Minister of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Chris Heaton (Deputy Director in International Trade Policy at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), and Oliver Phillips (Senior Civil Service Lead for Agriculture at Department for International Trade)
Department for International Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for International Trade

UK trade negotiations - International Trade Committee

Found: The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, which Jack Straw put in, is not good enough and it needs

Tuesday 26th October 2021
Written Evidence - openDemocracy
FOI0028 - The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House

The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Decision Notice published 15th October 2019: the requester asked for correspondence between Tony Blair and Jack

Tuesday 26th October 2021
Written Evidence - Public Law Project
SIT0019 - The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century

The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: not currently laid before Parliament as a matter of Government practice.32 It has also failed to 26 Jack

Monday 27th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Henry Dimbleby MBE (Chair at National Food Strategy (NFS)), and Nick von Westenholz (former TAC member and Director of Trade and Businesses Strategy at National Farmers' Union)
National Food Strategy (NFS), and National Farmers' Union

UK trade negotiations - International Trade Committee

Found: Jack Straw introduced CRaG because he, as Foreign Secretary, was horrified by how easy it was for him

Monday 20th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Office of the Ombudsman for Children, Finland / Lapsiasiavaltuutettu, Naomi Eisenstadt CB (Independent Chair at Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership, and Honorary Research Fellow at Department of Education, University of Oxford), Professor C. Kirabo Jackson, and Office of the Ombudsman for Children, Sweden / Barnombudsmannen
Office of the Ombudsman for Children, Finland / Lapsiasiavaltuutettu, Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership, Professor C. Kirabo Jackson, and Office of the Ombudsman for Children, Sweden / Barnombudsmannen

The role of public services in addressing child vulnerability - Public Services Committee

Found: terms of working together at micro neighbourhood level, it was enormously successful, so much so that Jack

Thursday 9th September 2021
Oral Evidence - 7 September 2021

Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee

Found: Very senior parliamentarians spoke, particularly those with Foreign Office history, including Jack Straw

Thursday 8th July 2021
Inquiry Publications - Third Report - The Government’s Independent Review of the Human Rights Act

The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: As then Home Secretary Jack Straw put it during the passage of the Human Rights Bill through Parliament

Friday 30th April 2021
Oral Evidence - Dominic Raab (First Secretary of State, and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: I remember helping to draft a speaking note for Jack Straw as Foreign Secretary to engage with Condoleezza

Monday 26th April 2021
Oral Evidence - Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE (Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), and Dominic Raab (First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Future of UK aid - International Development Committee

Found: I worked under Jack Straw and Margaret Beckett. Funnily enough, I was a scrupulous civil servant.

Tuesday 20th April 2021
Written Evidence - Control Arms UK
UKA0009 - UK arms exports in 2019

UK arms exports in 2019 - Committees on Arms Export Controls

Found: ™, 21 March 2002, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmfaff/718/718ap10.htm.65 Jack

Wednesday 14th April 2021
Written Evidence - South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner
PCO0068 - Police conduct and complaints

Police conduct and complaints - Home Affairs Committee

Found: major miscarriages that led to the imprisonment of innocent men Πand I arrived in the Home Office with Jack

Monday 8th March 2021
Oral Evidence - Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert (Director at Westminster Abbey Institute)
Westminster Abbey Institute

Code of Conduct - Committee on Standards

Found: Jack Straw has spoken about this rather beautifully. It is an hour taking a step back.

Wednesday 24th February 2021
Written Evidence - Equality and Human Rights Commission
HRA0025 - The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review

The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: years after the event and not a very effective one™. 6 At the second reading of the Human Rights Bill Jack

Wednesday 24th February 2021
Written Evidence - The Human Rights Lawyers Association
HRA0032 - The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review

The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: October 1997 para.1.14; Jack Straw and Paul 2jurisprudence was emphasised in the parliamentary debates

Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Written Evidence - House of Lords
APG0008 - All-Party Parliamentary Groups

All-Party Parliamentary Groups - Committee on Standards

Found: this only to the extent of recognising that another inquiry about APPGs so soon after the one led by Jack

Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Written Evidence - House of Lords
APG0005 - All-Party Parliamentary Groups

All-Party Parliamentary Groups - Committee on Standards

Found: It was chaired by Jack Straw MP, and I was a member. It was by no means the first of its kind.

Friday 20th November 2020
Oral Evidence - Derek Winter DL, Deputy Chief Coroner for England and Wales, Her Honour Judge Alexia Durran, Deputy Chief Coroner for England and Wales, His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft QC, Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Justice

The Coroner Service - Justice Committee

Found: I saw that Jack Straw played his part and Dominic Grieve was on the other side.

Friday 9th October 2020
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Goldsmith QC to Rt Hon. Dominic Raab MP on the Croughton Annex agreement, 9 October 2020

EU International Agreements Sub-Committee

Found: This reflects the view of (then) Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, who told the Joint Committee

Monday 28th September 2020
Written Evidence - Major General Jonathan Shaw
BNS0019 - Biosecurity and national security

Biosecurity and national security - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: February 2000, the hijack crisis of the Ariana Afghan Airlines 727 at Stanstead gave the Home Secretary, Jack

Friday 11th September 2020
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office)
Cabinet Office

The work of the Cabinet Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: I remember Jack Straw saying that, when he was Home Secretary, he was very conscious of the fact that

Tuesday 8th September 2020
Written Evidence - The Institute for Government
RCC0027 - Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020

Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020 - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: death of David Kelly, a weapons expert.The Butler Review was a non-statutory inquiry established by Jack

Tuesday 21st July 2020
Inquiry Publications - Seventh Report: Sanctions in respect of the conduct of Members

Sanctions - Committee on Standards

Found: Jack Straw [1R 2008Œ09] Reported £3000 donation to constituency event held in his honour 4 years late

Friday 10th July 2020
Inquiry Publications - 11th Report - Treaty scrutiny: working practices

Treaty scrutiny: working practices - International Agreements Committee

Found: the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (which became the CRAG Act), when the then Lord Chancellor, Jack

Thursday 11th June 2020
Written Evidence - 6 Pump Court Chambers
TWP0014 - Treaty scrutiny: working practices

Treaty scrutiny: working practices - International Agreements Committee

Found: .™ In response, the then Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw suggested that the Standing Orders

Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Written Evidence - Anglo-Iranian Professionals Association
UKI0008 - The UK and Iran

The UK and Iran - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary at the time, relentlessly pursued diplomatic relations with Iran, travelling



Written Answers
Cammell Laird: Industrial Disputes
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Thursday 1st December 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make available all documents related interactions between Jack Straw and stakeholders representing those involved in the Cammell Laird industrial dispute of 1984.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 59415 on 20 October by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office, my Right Honourable friend, the member for Croydon South.



Parliamentary Research
Members' pay and expenses 2023/24 - CBP-9995
Mar. 27 2024

Found: statutory expenses regime, under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 . 160 In introducing the legislation, Jack

LGBT+ History Month - CDP-2024-0044
Feb. 26 2024

Found: defeated the provision to change the age of consent to 16 on two occasions and the then Home Secretary Jack

The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023

Found: In 1994 Jack Straw , also a Labour MP and future Lord Chancellor, wrote that the prerogative had “no

Royal Assent - CBP-9466
Aug. 21 2023

Found: Now the Lord Chancellor may be an MP or a peer, and Jack Straw was the first non- peer to act as a

Members' pay and expenses and ministerial salaries 2022/23 - CBP-9763
Mar. 30 2023

Found: expenses regime, under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2 009 . 1 64 In introducing the legislation, Jack

LGBT History Month - CDP-2023-0022
Jan. 26 2023

Found: defeated the provision to change the age of consent to 16 on two occasions and the then Home Secretary Jack

The UK Supreme Court - CBP-9536
Jun. 22 2022

Found: role being held by a someone with legal experience. 91 The absence of these requirements enabled Jack

State Opening of Parliament - history and ceremonial - CBP-9501
Apr. 30 2022

Found: bygone age ,” he told the Financial Times newspaper .241 In 2007, however , the then Lord Chancellor , Jack

Members' pay and expenses and ministerial salaries 2021/22 - CBP-9514
Mar. 30 2022

Found: statutory expenses regime, under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 . 157 In introducing the legislation, Jack



Bill Documents
Apr. 16 2024
Petitioner Evidence Part 1 [Pages 1 to 113]
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23
Written evidence

Found: Home Office Jack Straw 26th March 2000 One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (a) 1993

Apr. 16 2024
Promoter Evidence Part 2 [Pages 106 to 232]
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23
Written evidence

Found: Jack Straw One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State 99 208APPENDIX SCHEME FOR THE ALTERATION

Jun. 29 2023
Written evidence submitted by Amnesty International UK (VPB35)
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23
Written evidence

Found: Parole Board [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin) [13] R v McLoughlin [2014] 1 WLR 3964 [14] See eg Rt Hon Jack

Jul. 08 2022
Written evidence submitted by Reprieve (NSB01)
National Security Act 2023
Written evidence

Found: [14] Then-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was himself accused of signing off on this activity.



Tweets
Lord Pickles (Conservative - Life peer) - @EricPickles
2 Apr 2023, 6:31 p.m.

I'm old enough to remember Jack Straw pedalling this in the 1990’s. It was not true then and it is not true now. There is no such thing as an average Council Tax. The only way to compare is band to band (A to A, B to B etc) On that basis Conservative Councils charge less https://t.co/NmhH49Xr5a

Link to Original Tweet
Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer) - @HowardDLeigh
26 Mar 2023, 9:02 a.m.

@QuarryGareth Actually most are leaving Parliament so looking for a next job. You won't find much Labour criticism ass this kind of entrapment works cross Party lines. See Jack Straw and others

Link to Original Tweet
Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham) - @Rehman_Chishti
8 Mar 2023, 8:09 a.m.

On International women’s day #IWD2023 pay tribute to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto🇵🇰who gave her life fighting for democracy.First female Head of Gov in Islamic world. It was a privilege to be part of her team 1999-20007 as adviser.Picture 2005 meeting🇬🇧Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. https://t.co/LsVsqtkEhm

Link to Original Tweet
Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood) - @meaglemp
Shadow Minister (Defence)
4 Jan 2022, 10:37 p.m.

@ruthkennedy They only arrived the week before the debate (Because Jack Straw ordered SYP to provide them after Derek Twigg MP asked him to in the statement following publication of Stuart-Smith) & they were just all in a mess, so it wasn’t easy

Link to Original Tweet


Department Publications - Policy paper
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Home Office
Source Page: Hillsborough disaster report: government response
Document: A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (PDF)

Found: • May 1997 : Then Home Secretary , Jack Straw , appoints Lord Justice Stuart -Smith to conduct

Wednesday 6th December 2023
Home Office
Source Page: Hillsborough disaster report: government response
Document: A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (print-ready PDF) (PDF)

Found: • May 1997 : Then Home Secretary , Jack Straw , appoints Lord Justice Stuart -Smith to conduct



Deposited Papers
Wednesday 28th February 2024
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Letter dated 23/02/2024 from Laura Farris MP to Graham Brady MP, Hanna Bardell MP, Angela Eagle MP and Pauline Latham MP regarding clarification to responses given during the Committee stage (fifth to tenth sittings) of the Crimiinal Justice Bill. 5p.
Document: CJB.pdf (PDF)

Found: proposed new clauses 27 to 29 I said: “It is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack




Jack Straw mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Monday 16th May 2022
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: White privilege tests: FOI release
Document: White privilege tests: FOI release (webpage)

Found: trevorphillips-on-sunday-the-highlights-from-todays-show-with-sajid-javid-nicola-sturgeon-jonathan-ashworthand-jack-straw