Security Sensitive Evidence in Courts
There have been votes in Parliament on if there should be a mechanism for material deemed national security sensitive to be made available to a civil court and a special advocate but not parties to the case. The mechanism is called the "closed material procedure".
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Dennis Skinner consistently voted against allowing national security sensitive evidence to be put before courts in secret sessions
TheyWorkForYou has automatically calculated this MP’s stance based on all
of their votes on the topic. You can browse the source
data on PublicWhip.org.uk.
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On 17 Jul 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted against rules implementing the introduction of "closed material proceedings" to the civil courts in Northern Ireland; the procedure involves making material deemed national security-sensitive available to the court and a special advocate but not parties to the case.
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On 17 Jul 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted against rules implementing the introduction of "closed material proceedings" to courts; the procedure involves making material deemed national security-sensitive available to the court and a special advocate but not parties to the case.
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On 7 Mar 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted against allowing material deemed national security-sensitive to be made available to a civil court and a special advocate but not parties to the case; against strengthening oversight of intelligence and security activities in Government; and against permitting intercept evidence in closed proceedings in employment cases before tribunals.
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On 4 Mar 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted to permit closed material proceedings only if a fair determination of the case would not be possible by other means.
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On 4 Mar 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted to only allow the closed material procedure for using national security sensitive information in court to to be used where the degree of harm to national security caused by disclosure would be likely to outweigh the public interest in fair and open justice.
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On 4 Mar 2013:
Dennis Skinner voted to allow the disclosure of material if the court considers disclosure the degree of damage to the interests of national security would be outweighed by the interests of justice.
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On 18 Dec 2012:
Dennis Skinner voted against allowing material deemed national security-sensitive to be made available to a civil court and a special advocate but not parties to the case; against strengthening oversight of intelligence and security activities in Government; and against permitting intercept evidence in closed proceedings in employment cases before tribunals.
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