Results 1-20 of 2,290 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Lord Bach
- Written Answers — House of Lords: First-tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunals (27 November 2012)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many welfare benefit appeals in the past three years the Social Entitlement Chamber First-tier Tribunal has identified an error in law in its own decision under Rule 39 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008, and provided for a re-hearing on that basis.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (25 October 2011)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Legal Aid budget for 2010-11 was underspent; and, if so, whether it was underspent by (a) around £200 million, or (b) another figure.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Services Commission (25 October 2011)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government when the accounts of the Legal Services Commission for 2010-11 will be published.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Rape (7 June 2011)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reduce the number of specialist rape prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service over the period covered by the Comprehensive Spending Review.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Commons: Staff (9 December 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of making redundant staff employed by 50 MPs as a result of reducing the size of the House of Commons.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Parliamentary Constituencies (9 December 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the annual additional costs that will be incurred by MPs taking on enlarged constituencies.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (10 November 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pre-action letters have been received in relation to the proposed new legal aid contracts for civil (non-family) law.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (2 November 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many judicial review applications have been issued in relation to the proposed new legal aid contracts for civil (non-family) law.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (1 July 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on the future of criminal legal aid with firms of solicitors who undertake large quantities of criminal legal aid work.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Litigation (29 June 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation in this session to implement the recommendations of the Review of Civil Litigation Costs by Lord Justice Jackson.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (29 June 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the minimum proportion of the total legal aid budget they expect to spend in the field of social welfare law.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (29 June 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the minimum proportion of the total legal aid budget they expect to spend on not-for-profit providers of legal services.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Services Commission (29 June 2010)
Lord Bach: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation in this session to turn the Legal Services Commission into an executive agency.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts Service: Estates (6 April 2010)
Lord Bach: Up until 1 April 2005, magistrates' courts were the responsibility of locally managed magistrates' courts committees who were statutorily independent. The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the number of magistrates' courts prior to 2005, as they were not required by statute to inform the department of closures that were not subject to an appeal under Section 56(3) of the...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Rape (6 April 2010)
Lord Bach: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for rape of a male and female, England and Wales 2004 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table. The table includes conviction rate figures which are based on the proportion of defendants proceeded against who were found guilty. Court data for 2009 are planned for publication...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisoners: Voting (6 April 2010)
Lord Bach: The Electoral Commission's response to the Government's second stage consultation on prisoners' voting rights confirmed that it did not take a view on which prisoners should or should not be able to vote. The Electoral Commission broadly supported the Government's proposed approach to the administration of a system of registration and voting for prisoners, but also made additional...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Double Taxation (6 April 2010)
Lord Bach: Where a Peer or MP has income, gains or assets from a state which has a double taxation agreement with the UK, they will be taxed in accordance with that double taxation agreement. The effect of the provisions in Part 6 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill will be that MPs and the Lords Temporal are to be treated like the vast majority of people in the UK who are resident,...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Hate (29 March 2010)
Lord Bach: The Race for Justice Advisory Group members are a broad range of community representatives who are all independent of any relevant government department or criminal justice agency. They are led by an independent chair, Professor John Grieve, and include academic experts, representatives of third-sector bodies, victims groups and people directly affected by hate crime. The group is...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Hate (29 March 2010)
Lord Bach: In addition to the advice given to the "Race for Justice" programme, the Advisory Group took a decision to act as the standing Independent Advisory Group to the Hate Crime Portfolio Group of the Association of Chief Police Officers. It is this group who that is developing the refreshed hate crime manual. Given that this document will be owned by the Association of Chief Police Officers, Her...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Elections: British Nationals (29 March 2010)
Lord Bach: Section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 provided for the first time that British citizens living overseas should be able to register to vote in parliamentary elections in the UK. That Act established the principle that a British citizen living abroad can only be registered within a fixed period of time. That period currently expires 15 years from the date on which the citizen...