Asked by: Maria Miller (Conservative - Basingstoke)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which non-disclosure agreements are being used to conceal actions that are against civil or criminal law.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Non-disclosure agreements are used in a wide range of commercial and non-commercial situations. They do not override the criminal law. I would encourage anyone who believes that a criminal offence has been committed to report the matter to the police.
In view of concerns about non-disclosure agreements the Government has committed to look at the structures around them and the evidence that is coming forward about how they are being used.
Asked by: Maria Miller (Conservative - Basingstoke)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 12 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, cm 9301, published in July 2016, what progress her Department has made on ascertaining why there have not been any prosecutions under section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2014.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council are currently looking into the handling of complaints arising from section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act, and will provide an update in due course.