Miscarriages of Justice Alert Sample


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Alert results for: Miscarriages of Justice

Information between 23rd May 2024 - 2nd June 2024

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Parliamentary Debates
Valedictory Debate
114 speeches (57,382 words)
Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) when I say that, because when we started looking at miscarriages - Link to Speech

Coroners
18 speeches (3,030 words)
Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) We co-chair the all-party parliamentary group on miscarriages of justice, and he has been a brilliant - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
30 speeches (5,490 words)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: None In the wake of several high-profile and devastating miscarriages of justice, this is more important than - Link to Speech

Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
14 speeches (2,229 words)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Rushanara Ali (Lab - Bethnal Green and Bow) It is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history, and over the course of the - Link to Speech

Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
28 speeches (3,888 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) that we currently have about Capture and resulting convictions, there is not yet evidence that any miscarriages - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - Third Report - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated

Committee on Standards

Found: None of our witnesses suggested that there have been miscarriages of justice whereby Members have been

Friday 24th May 2024
Report - Third Report - Human rights and the proposal for a “Hillsborough Law”

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: guarantee is to protect the accused against improper compulsion by the authorities, thus avoiding miscarriages



Written Answers
Administration of Justice
Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Friday 24th May 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reform the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) to enable magistrates to properly consider each case before them and to minimise any risk of miscarriages of justice; and whether they have implemented, or plan to implement, any of the twelve recommendations to improve the operation, transparency and fairness of the SJP contained within the Magistrates’ Association position statement, published on 26 March.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.



Bill Documents
May. 24 2024
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 (c. 14)
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
Act of Parliament

Found: a related indictable offence). (3)In section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (compensation for miscarriages

May. 23 2024
HL Bill 90 (as amended in Committee)
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
Bill

Found: indictable offence). 20 (3) In section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (compensation for miscarriages




Miscarriages of Justice mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Stage 3 proceedings for the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill are scheduled to take place on 30 May 2024. This briefing outlines the main issues considered during Stages 1 and 2.
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Found: Similar legislation relating to miscarriages of justice in the other parts of the UK has been passed



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
41 speeches (51,348 words)
Thursday 30th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Group 4 is on reviews in relation to miscarriages of justice. - Link to Speech
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) of justice and to consider, with the expert assistance of the Scottish Law Commission, whether any changes - Link to Speech
3: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) of justice over a number of years.I support amendment 10 and I highlight that we must take from this - Link to Speech

Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill
21 speeches (51,806 words)
Thursday 30th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) of justice in recent history. - Link to Speech
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) He has pointed out that the Post Office miscarriages of justice join “a long list” of institutional and - Link to Speech
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) What has happened has been one of the most egregious and appalling miscarriages of justice in our national - Link to Speech
4: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) Perhaps more will come out of that in due course.The bill exonerates the victims of miscarriages of justice - Link to Speech

Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
97 speeches (92,453 words)
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) However, be that as it may, in this place we can take such issues on their merits.The miscarriages of - Link to Speech

Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
206 speeches (127,351 words)
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None obligation.Closer to home, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates alleged miscarriages - Link to Speech