Miscarriages of Justice

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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.

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
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. View source webpage Found: Similar legislation relating to miscarriages of justice in the other parts of the UK has been passed

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.
View source webpage

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