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Written question asked by Andrew Dismore (Labour) on Thursday, 4 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 February 2010. It was answered by Vera Baird (Labour) on Monday, 22 February 2010 on behalf of the Solicitor General.


Special Advocates

Question
To ask the Solicitor-General whether special advocates have been employed in cases involving (a) naturalisation judicial reviews, (b) Parole Board hearings, (c) pre-charge detention hearings, (d) production order hearings, (e) planning inquiries, (f) family proceedings and (g) the Mental Health Review Tribunal since their introduction.
Answer

The answer to the question the hon. Member for Hendon has posed may most helpfully be put in the form of a table, which appears as follows. The table relates to the UK and has been prepared with the assistance of the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate-General for Scotland.

Yes No
(a) Naturalisation—Judicial Reviews x
(b) Parole Board Hearings x
(c) Pre-Charge Detention Hearings x
(d) Production Order Hearings x
(e) Planning Inquiries x
(f) Family Proceedings x
(g) Mental Health Review Tribunal x

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c245-6W; 316617
Session
2009-10
Related items
Special Advocates
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Special advocates
Link
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