Alan Johnson: ...for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) is right to ask if it has a role to play. There was a view that we should wait for the Director of Public Prosecutions to report. It was Keir Starmer by that point, I believe, not Ken Macdonald. The DPP said that, on the information given to him by the police—those were the precise words used—there was no cause for any further...
Francis Maude: ...(MOD) 4 January 2011 215,000-219,999 Nicholson, David National Health Service 4 September 2006 210,000-214,999 Davies, Sally Chief Medical Officer 3 March 211 200,000-204,999 Starmer, Keir Crown Prosecution Service 1 November 2008 195,000-199,998 Singh, Dara Job Centre Plus 2 November 2009 185,000-189,999 Bell, David Dept for Education 1 January 2006...
Hazel Blears: ..., a judge will consider the situation and say, “What you’re creating is a sham regime to enable you to rely on police bail, but in your heart of hearts, as a prosecuting authority”—as Keir Starmer said—“you know that it will be very unlikely that you will get any new evidence or information that will enable you to bring this person to trial.” If I was making that decision as...
Paul Goggins: No. The point that was made in evidence the other day was that the TPIM regime, when in place, will not assist in furthering prosecutions. That was made perfectly clear by Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions—the man in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service. He told us that in evidence to this Committee, and it is well worth reflecting on that point. I was making the point to...
Dr Metcalfe: With respect, the legislation provides only a slightly enhanced requirement on chief constables to report back to the Home Secretary. I agree with Keir Starmer that, on the odds, it is relatively unlikely that you will gain any more evidence from being on police bail. The fundamental point is that it is an answer to a different question, which is about harnessing this thing to...
Tom Brake: I repeat the question I asked Keir Starmer earlier. Do you think that there is anything in the Bill that will allow more suspects to be brought to trial? If there is not, can you think of any measures that have not already been debated, such as intercept, that could be brought into play?
Keir Starmer: I am Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions.
Witness Tuesday 21 June Until no later than 11.30 am The Association of Chief Police Officers; Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions Tuesday 21 June Until no later than 12.15 pm Lord Howard of Lympne QC; Lord Carlile of Berriew QC (former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation) Tuesday 21 June Until no later than 4.45 pm Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC (independent...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...Pannick, and by my noble and learned friend Lord Goldsmith in relation to this amendment. Specifically, I endorse and agree with the approach adopted by the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, who made it plain when he gave evidence before the committee that because of the seriousness of the cases to which universal jurisdiction applies, if the evidential test was met,...
Kenneth Clarke: ...Service and others in the legal system use up millions of hours preparing cases that never make it beyond the door of the courtroom. That has to be changed. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has called for “a reorientation of our approach so that guilty plea cases can be dealt with as swiftly as possible, leaving us to devote our valuable time and resources to cases that...
Christopher Chope: ...Clerks and Legal Managers because it is unlikely that this Appellant’s request is the only one of its kind received by the Magistrates’ Courts throughout England and Wales.” Only yesterday, Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, was reported in the newspapers as saying: “I believe that transparency and visibility help the public understand how the criminal justice...
Tom Brake: ...proposals from the Law Society. How will those concrete, detailed suggestions be taken on board as part of the consultation process? I am sure that the Minister is also aware of the proposals that Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, put forward on how costs can be saved in the wider legal arena. I hope that the Minister will respond to those points. The Government clearly...
Lord Macdonald: I agree with what Keir Starmer said about this very recently. It is possible to make an argument of that sort. I have never looked into it in detail and certainly do not fall down on that side. I think he is right that you take a robust view of the law in this sort of case, and you get on with it. If the court says that you have got it wrong, the court says that you have got...
Steven Baker: ...on inaccurate and incomplete information that was provided to the CPS by NHS Counter Fraud and subsequently to the police. The CPS refused to meet Mr Breeze to discuss the matter any further, and Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, stated that any further debate would not progress the matter, having written: “Further correspondence from you which fails to raise fresh...
Dominic Raab: ...policy and intercept evidence? The Home Secretary has indicated that the review on lifting the ban on intercept will continue. Both Lord Macdonald and the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, support lifting the ban. They say that it can be made to work effectively, as in virtually every other country in the world. However, Liberty has described the Government’s...
Julian Huppert: ...heart of the amendment. I have been concerned about whether there would be capacity, and I understand exactly what the hon. Member for Gedling said, but I was somewhat mollified by the comments of Keir Starmer in his evidence to us in one of the early sittings of the Committee, which seem a long time ago. I suggest that anyone who is listening, or following the transcript of our...
Christopher Chope: We will now move straight on to Keir Starmer. You do not need any introduction as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Thank you very much indeed for coming.
...Council on the Misuse of Drugs; the Wine and Spirit Trade Association; the British Beer and Pub Association Thursday 20 January Until no later Than 3 pm The Metropolitan Police Service; Liberty; Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions
Basil McCrea: ...and that it was going to do something different and all the experts went away. The result of such incidents is that justice takes longer to be arrived at. I have had a look at all the work that Keir Starmer did with the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales, and, indeed, he was greatly associated with the board for many years. I am really interested to see whether there is a way...
Basil McCrea: ...to people that justice depends not only on the policing system, but on the whole of the criminal justice system. Speedier justice is required. The Policing Board had the privilege of talking to Keir Starmer. He has managed to bring in some remarkable changes in England and Wales. I hope that the Minister of Justice will take on board some of the initiatives that Mr Starmer has introduced,...