Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, If he will deposit case papers in the case R. v. Nathan Gill in the Library of the House of Commons.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Law Officers will not deposit case papers in this matter.
This was a CPS prosecution and the Attorney General’s involvement was only to provide consent for one of the offences charged. This offence has been left to lie on file, following pleas from Nathan Gill to substantive offences of bribery.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, whether his Department holds data on communication between members of the European Parliament, UK Parliament and members of UK devolved legislatures and Oleh Voloshyn in the period between 2014-2019.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The department has conducted a search of the electronic materials currently available to it. No data on communications within the scope of this question was identified.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, What date is the earliest evidence of bribery in the case of R. v. Nathan Gill.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The dates of the bribery offences are a matter of public record, the earliest being 6 December 2018.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to hare coursing by police force in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Alex Chalk
Offences of hare coursing may be prosecuted using offences created by the Game Act 1831, the Night Poaching Act 1828 and the Hunting Act 2004.
The CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for offences of hare coursing. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the CPS on the capacity to deal with the increase in domestic violence cases during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is working closely with colleagues across the Criminal Justice System to ensure that these offences continue to be brought to justice. Cases are still being referred to the CPS for charging decisions, trials are being listed and domestic abuse cases are treated as a high priority.
The CPS has worked with police colleagues to introduce an Interim Charging Protocol to ensure that the most serious cases are prioritised effectively and put before the courts at the earliest opportunity. The CPS is committed to working closely with CJS partners and the third sector to make sure victims and witnesses remain at the heart of the process.