Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2020
Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]
"I have listened carefully to what the hon. Lady has said, and I have to tell her that I do not have much confidence in the justice system in Romania, bearing in mind the Adamescu case. Surely she must appreciate that within the EU there are severe shortcomings with the …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2020
Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]
"I am sorry that I missed the opening speech. Will my right hon. and learned Friend assure me that, as a country outside the European Union, we will not repeat the error forced on us as a member state of thinking that the integrity of the justice systems in all …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 6th March 2020
Asked by:
Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of modern slavery at hand car washes; and how many convictions there have been as a result of those cases.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The data published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows the number of defendants prosecuted for offences of human trafficking for all forms of exploitation. To obtain details on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences relating to exploitation at hand-car washes would require a manual examination of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.
The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted in cases flagged as human trafficking offences in England and Wales from 2015/16 to September 2019.
Convictions | Non-Convictions | Total |
Volume | % | Volume | % |
2015 - 16 | 192 | 65.1% | 103 | 34.9% | 295 |
2016 - 17 | 181 | 61.4% | 114 | 38.6% | 295 |
2017 - 18 | 185 | 65.1% | 99 | 34.9% | 284 |
2018 - 19 | 219 | 68.0% | 103 | 32.0% | 322 |
April - Sept 19 | 114 | 72.2% | 44 | 27.8% | 158 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Legal Advice: Prorogation
"Is it not the case that, contrary to the shouted opinions from the Opposition Front Bench, the Supreme Court has invented a new constitutional rule, just as Lord Sumption told us on the “Today” programme this morning? Lord Sumption also said that this was a revolution—he described the decision as …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Opinion
"Paragraph 23 of the political declaration makes it clear that we would
“build and improve on the single customs territory provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement”.
We know what the EU understands that to mean. In good faith and with best endeavours, it understands it to mean a customs union, …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position
"An amendment was tabled to the Humble Address motion that was highly sympathetic to my right hon. and learned Friend’s position. It was not selected and not passed, but the motion, unamended, was passed. Therefore, whatever he has just argued at the Dispatch Box, the position is as my hon. …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2016
European Convention on Human Rights: UK Membership
"The Government are in something of a pickle. As well as needing multiple Parliaments, this great European project also needs two human rights frameworks. The result is a state of confusion, as set out by the European Scrutiny Committee’s 43rd report of the 2013-14 Session, “The application of the EU …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Serious Fraud Office: Bryan Evans
"In a similar case, a constituent of mine has alleged that NatWest committed a fraud by persuading him to surrender a 25-year buy-to-let mortgage in exchange for a 12-month loan in anticipation that he would subsequently receive a 25-year mortgage, but that was not forthcoming. Written agreements are missing and …..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Serious Fraud Office: Bryan Evans
"Is it not the case that there might be in aggregate a very large sum of money involved in similar cases?..."Steve Baker - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 18th November 2014
Asked by:
Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if the Crown Prosecution Service will take steps to ensure that all assaults against prison officers are prosecuted.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to ensuring that assaults against prison officers are dealt with robustly. The CPS considers each case on its own facts and in accordance with the two stage test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.The Code outlines that a prosecution is more likely to be in the public interest if the offence was committed against a person serving the public. Furthermore, the specific CPS Legal Guidance on Prison Offences outlines that, if the victim is a prison officer performing his/her duty, the public interest is heavily in favour of prosecution.
In addition to this, the new joint protocol produced by the Prison Service, CPS and Association of Chief Police Officers will set out that when there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not.