Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will investigate delays experienced by Members receiving incoming mail.
Answered by Tom Brake
Mail is collected from the SW1 delivery office in Pensbury Place, London, SW8 by the mail screening contractor at the following times (Mon-Fri) 01:30, 03:30, 04:30, 05:30, 07:00 & 09:00. Post is security screened and subsequently delivered on the same day to the post room in PCH at 05:35, 06:45, 08:30, 10:00, 12:00 & 13:40 where it is sorted and delivered to Members offices at 9am & 12 noon.
Any signed for or Special Delivery items received after the 12 noon delivery are delivered to Members during the afternoon. All other items of post are delivered to Members the next day at 9am.
The Houses of Parliament have no control over delays to the post across the wider Royal Mail network.
Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's call for evidence on corporate liability for economic crime.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response will be issued in due course.