Written question asked by Vera Baird (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Lord Chancellors Dept

Question

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when special measures direction providing for vulnerable or intimidated adult witnesses to use TV link facilities, available under Section 21 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for vulnerable or intimidated adult witnesses to give video recording of their evidence, available under Section 23 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for the exclusion of the public from court whilst a vulnerable or intimidated witness gives evidence, available under Section 25 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing that wearing of wigs and gowns be dispensed with whilst a vulnerable or intimidated witness gives evidence, available under section 26 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for a video recording of an interview of a vulnerable or intimidated witness to be admitted as that person's evidence-in-chief, available under section 27 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for cross examination of a vulnerable or intimidated witness to be video recorded and admitted as evidence, available under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for examination of a vulnerable or intimidated witness to be conducted through an interpreter, available under Section 29 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas; when special measures direction providing for the witness to be provided with such a device as the court considers appropriate to enable questions or answers to be communicated to or by the witness despite any impairment which the witness has or suffers, available under Section 30 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, will be available in all areas.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

390 c627-8W;390 c629-30W; 73526;73524;73523;73522;73521;73528;73527;73525

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disability Criminal proceedings Courts Hearing impairment ICT Intimidation Protection Public participation Witnesses Trials Victims Television Video recordings Video conferencing Interpreters

Legislation

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

Link

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