Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
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.
Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) I thank the Justice Secretary, my Department’s Secretary of State and the Prime Minister—the Bill would - Speech Link
2: 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 - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) I played a small part in getting justice for the sub-postmasters; much of it was down to Alan Bates and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) , at long last, doing justice to sub-postmasters. - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) The Government have already committed to reviewing the Justice Select Committee’s 2020 report on the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) section 3 of the bill, which is contrary to both common sense and the interests of justice. - Speech Link
2: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) justice as a result of tainted Horizon evidence, for a conviction to be quashed and for sub-postmasters - Speech Link
3: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) a miscarriage of justice, but has had to make a financial payment to the Post Office. - Speech Link
Found: provision 9 Power of Department of Justice to make further consequential provision 10 Interpretation
Found: provision 9 Power of Department of Justice to make further consequential provision 10 Interpretation
Mentions:
1: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Good morning, and welcome to the 20th meeting in 2024 of the Criminal Justice Committee. - Speech Link
2: None obligation.Closer to home, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates alleged miscarriages - Speech Link
3: None that indicates that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred would all be whistleblowing allegations - Speech Link
4: None If a matter is criminal in nature, we are totally at the behest of the criminal justice system and its - Speech Link
5: None It will also help the criminal justice system with the movement of evidence into court. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) From there began the story of one of the largest miscarriages of justice that this country has ever seen.Faults - Speech Link
2: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) However, the unprecedented scale of the miscarriages of justice that have been caused by the Horizon - Speech Link
3: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) Kingdom is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice to have occurred in recent history. - Speech Link
4: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) by one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern history.In many respects, we must be realistic - Speech Link
Found: justice process.
Found: fice (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill seeks to respond to miscarriages of justice resulting