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Robert Courts: ...of the Bar and one who well remembers the frustrations caused by the legacy system. Will my hon. and learned Friend reassure me that her teams are working around the clock to make sure that all court users have access to the reliable IT system they need?
Robert Buckland: 3 offenders were found guilty at all courts of refusing to take an assistance dog in a taxi in England and Wales in 2018. 23 offenders were found guilty at all courts of refusing to take an assistance dog in a private hire vehicle in England and Wales in 2018
Robert Buckland: The number of prosecutions and convictions following a request made under the European Arrest Warrant is not centrally held in the court proceedings database. Identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.
Robert Buckland: The nationality of defendants is not centrally held in the court proceedings database. Identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.
Robert Buckland: A novel point, Mr Speaker. I think the judgments of their lordships and the lords justices in the Court of Appeal speak for themselves and are increasingly written in clearer language, and the recent Supreme Court judgment was an eloquent example, whatever one’s view of it might have been.
Amendment made: 6, page 8, line 12, at end insert— “(ea) the court does not make an order for lifelong restriction,”.—(Robert Buckland.) This amendment provides that a court may not impose a new serious terrorism sentence on an offender if it makes an order for lifelong restriction in respect of the offender.
Liz Saville-Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks have left service since the Common Platform was introduced at their workplace, by the grade of those employees.
Liz Saville-Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average rate of sickness absence was for (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks in each of the last 21 months broken down by (i) role and (ii) grade.
Liz Saville-Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of sickness absence was for (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks in each month since the Common Platform was introduced in the workplaces of those staff broken down by (i) role and (ii) grade.
Robert Buckland: My hon. Friend represents a city that has a Crown court and a magistrates court. It is an important court centre in the east midlands. I know from my visits to many regions across England and Wales that those conversations continue. There is local liaison and local discussion. To respond to the point my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes) made about accountability,...
Robert Halfon: Does my right hon. Friend agree that a major flaw in the European Court is that a significant number of the judges come from countries with very questionable human rights records? Does she also agree that it is time for the European Court not to be a charter for criminals, but to be a convention for human rights?
Robert Courts: The Attorney General and I have 28 days from the date of sentence to refer a case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenience Sentence (ULS) scheme. This is a statutory time limit and cannot be extended in any circumstances. Humphrey Burke was sentenced in 2022 and therefore his case cannot be referred under the ULS scheme.
Robert Buckland: It is vital that all relevant available information on previous convictions and sentences (antecedents) is made available to the court that passes sentence. This allows the court to pass a sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the offence taking account the offender’s previous convictions. There are already procedures in place to ensure this The Crown Prosecution Service, or other...
Mr Robert Parry: Bearing in mind that the Government are a signatory to the European Court of Human Rights, will the Leader of the House make a statement next week on the decision by the Minister of State, Home Office not to take into consideration the decision reached by the court in regard to Mr. Berrehab and Mr. Abdulla Hanna Yousef?
Robert Buckland: I am very conscious of that case, as I have a strong interest in autism issues. I have to emphasise that it is of course a matter for the courts—there has been a court procedure relating to this issue—so I am loth to make direct comment on the case, but I am certainly following it very carefully.
Robert Buckland: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data on the number of applications made by the CPS to the courts to extend custody time limits or on applications made by the CPS to the court to extend pre-charge bail periods. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.
Robert Goodwill: Q Mr Willers, I was going to ask whether you thought that as cases come to court and we get more case law, some of these definitions might become more clearly defined and could be referred to if they go to appeal or even to higher courts, so we might see clearer definitions as we use this law in practice.
Mr Robert Gibson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for warrant to register marriages were presented to each of the sheriff courts in Scotland during each of the last three years, respectively; how many of such applications were refused, respectively; and what was the total amount paid in court dues in respect of the said applications, respectively, each year?
Mr Robert Maclennan: ...to ensure that those of our citizens whose fundamental rights have been eroded, although they are guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, do not have to seek a remedy through the court in Strasbourg but may do so—[Interruption.]—in our own British courts?
Robert Buckland: Yes, I can confirm that. Recent changes in the law that were introduced by the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 will make it easier to prosecute those serious cases by extending the time limits on summary-only communications offences, and by allowing cases covered by section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 to be dealt with in the Crown court.