Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215048387
On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees
Author : Gill Owen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : 9780719050251
Emphasizing their evolution between the oil embargo of the 1970s and the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, examines energy conservation policies in Denmark, the Netherlands, Britain, the US, Australia, and Japan. Analyzes the role of governments through incentives, regulation, and energy pricing, and the influence of electricity and gas companies whose main interest is selling more energy. Finds a significant new focus on energy efficiency and its private benefits to consumers. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 13,30 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215529190
This is the Committee's response to the Government's response (HC 41-!, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780215525536) to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's 4th report of session 2007-08 (HC 815, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780102957303).
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Justice Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215084659
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) was set up in 1997, by the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. The CCRC investigates alleged miscarriages of justice, post-conviction and post-appeal, and has the power to refer cases back to the Court of Appeal for reconsideration. The Committee held a one-off evidence session on the work of the CCRC in January 2014, and then sought some views on the issues raised. The Committee subsequently decided to hold an inquiry on the CCRC, and launched it with a general call for evidence. The "real possibility" test, which requires that for a referral to be made there must be a real possibility that the conviction or sentence would not be upheld on appeal, was one of the most controversial aspects of the CCRC. The Committee found that criticisms broadly fell into one of three areas: that the test itself is wrong; that the test is being applied incorrectly by the CCRC; or that the Court of Appeal's approach to criminal appeals is overly restrictive. The Committee's considers each of these areas in turn. Critics of the test felt that it inherently prevents the CCRC from being truly independent of the Court of Appeal. The Committee concludes that any change would have to be in light of a change to the Court of Appeal's grounds for allowing appeals.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215046970
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Justice Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 021508084X
In this Report the Committee returns to follow up the Report which was published in January 2012 (ISBN 9780215040589) on the operation of the common-law doctrine of joint enterprise, which forms part of the criminal law relating to secondary liability. The types of cases considered are those in which P and D participate together in one crime and in the course of it P commits a second crime which D had foreseen he might commit: in such cases, under joint enterprise, D may also be charged and convicted of the second offence. The Committee considers in this report the impact of the guidance for prosecutors in joint enterprise cases which the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) produced in response to one of the 2012 recommendations, taking into account statistics on murder and manslaughter cases with two or more defendants in 2012 and 2013 which the CPS also produced. The Committee concludes that the level of concern about the operation of joint enterprise, especially in murder cases, is such that it is no longer acceptable for the main authorities in the criminal justice system to give such limited attention and priority to the recording and collation of information and reommends that the Ministry of Justice establish a system to enable production of regular statistics on joint enterprise prosecutions, convictions and appeals. This report sets out a range of other concerns and questions which continue to be raised about the application of the doctrine, including the scale of use of joint enterprise, the question as to whether joint enterprise is being used as a social policy tool, the high number of Black and mixed race young men who have been convicted of joint enterprise offences. The evidence heard in this second inquiry into the subject has increased disquiet at the functioning of the law on joint enterprise and the Committee is no longer of the view that it is satisfactory for a consultation to be held on the Law Commission's previous proposals on joint enterprise.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Justice Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215084063
Since the reforms came into effect, there has been a significant underspend in the civil legal aid budget because the MoJ failed to ensure that those who are eligible for legal aid are able to access it. This has been partly been due to a lack of public information, including information about the Civil Legal Advice telephone gateway for debt advice, and the Committee recommends that the MoJ take prompt steps to redress this. The Committee also concludes that the exceptional cases funding scheme has not worked as Parliament intended. It was supposed to act as a safety net, protecting access to justice for the most vulnerable. The Committee expects the MoJ to react rapidly to ensure that the scheme fulfils Parliament's intention that the most vulnerable people are able to access legal assistance. The Government's reforms have led to an increase in the number and a change in the profile of litigants in person: increasingly these are people who have no choice but to represent themselves, and who may thus have difficulty in doing so effectively: although many tribunals are accustomed to dealing with unrepresented litigants the courts have to expend more resources in order to assist them. The MoJ has not been able to demonstrate that it has achieved value for money for the taxpayer. Although significant savings have been achieved, efforts to target legal aid at those who most need it have focused on intervention aimed at the point after a crisis has already developed, rather than on prevention.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Procedure
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215078969
The public will be able to petition the House of Commons electronically for the first time, under proposals published by the House of Commons Procedure Committee today. The system the Committee puts forward is based on the existing Government e-petition site, redesigned and rebranded to show that it is jointly run between the House of Commons and the Government. Crucially, it will be backed by the establishment of a new Petitions Committee, which will be able to hear petitioners' concerns and scrutinise the Government's response. The Petitions Committee will consider both e-petitions and paper petitions presented under the existing procedures. When it identifies a petition meriting further action, it will be able to: correspond with petitioners on their petition; call petitioners for oral evidence; refer a petition to the relevant select committee; seek further information from the Government, orally or in writing, on the subject of a petition; and put forward petitions for debate in the House
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Procedure
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215078748
This report proposes the repeal of Standing Order no. 163 and its replacement with a revised standing order which gives discretion to the Speaker, or the chair, to allow debate on a motion to sit in private, to put the question forthwith, or to decline to propose the question in the House. The proposal also includes provision for the House to come out of a private sitting and to return to sitting in public
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Treasury Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215091264
