Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Hugh Bayley (Labour). It was answered on Thursday, 11 March 2010 on behalf of the Solicitor General.
Serious Fraud Office
- Question
- The SFO needs more money to investigate and prosecute bribery cases. The Solicitor-General will have seen that BAE Systems was required to pay $400 million to the US Department of Justice in relation to the al-Yamamah case. Will she consider how financial penalties paid in such cases in the UK could be used to fund the cost of enforcing the law against bribery?
- Answer
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Yes, there is a relationship already between asset recovery, in a broad and not technical sense, and a premium on that, as it were, for the organisation that has recovered the assets. The issue is one that we are looking at, in order to ensure that, in the criminal sense as it were, the polluter pays.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 507 c419-20
- Session
- 2009-10
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Corruption
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