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...
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...
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...
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...
Lord Carlile of Berriew: ...in his amendment, spoken to by my noble friend Lord Thomas, is inconsistent with what has been said very cogently to parliamentary committees by the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC. I would say this to my noble friend if he were here, but were he still the Director of Public Prosecutions I do not believe that he would be prepared to support an amendment of this...
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...
Stuart Osborne, James Stokley,Keir Starmer and Deborah Walsh gave evidence.
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?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Keir Starmer gave evidence.
Edward Garnier: On 18 April 2011, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, announced that following a review by Clare Montgomery QC, the safety of the convictions of the individuals who protested at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, should be considered by the Court of Appeal as soon as possible. During that review, the CPS had been conducting an internal investigation into its own handling of...
Lord Thomas of Gresford: ...Lord Goldsmith, suggested that the public interest test should come in at that stage. In fact, that is not the case in ordinary prosecutions in this country. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Keir Starmer, has said in evidence to the Public Bill Committee that he believes these tests, which are normally used in this country for granting consent to the issue of a warrant where...
Keith Vaz: ...the establishment of facts, but we were clear when we took evidence from Sir Paul Stephenson that no time limit was placed on John Yates. He could have taken longer. Indeed, when we saw the DPP, Keir Starmer, afterwards, he was very clear that John Yates had contacted him after 9 July, because Keir Starmer, in preparing his evidence for the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, had asked...
Paul Goggins: ...would be reported in the media and lead to further speculation that, in turn, could compromise a trial. Both Lord Carlile, the former independent reviewer of counter-terrorism legislation, and Keir Starmer, the current Director of Public Prosecution, told the Committee that putting too much information into the public domain could prejudice a fair trial. Alternatively, so little...
Dominic Grieve: During the afternoon of 4 October 2011, an application was made to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, to exercise his consent pursuant to section 153 of the Police and Social Responsibility Act 2011, for a private prosecutor to apply for a warrant to arrest Ms Tzipi Livni, the former Foreign Secretary in Israel for alleged offences relating to grave breaches of the Fourth...
Sadiq Khan: ...accepted by those at the coal face that the law on self-defence works pretty well and it is unclear in many quarters why the law would need strengthening. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has said: “There are many cases, some involving death, where no prosecutions are brought. We would only ever bring a prosecution where we thought that the degree of force was...
