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Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Bill (HL) 2003/04

Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.

Lead member

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Answering member

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

655 c949-60,972-1017

House

House of Lords

Lords amendts:Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Lords reasons for insisting on certain of their amendments and for disagreeing to Commons amendments, Lords amendments to words restored to the Bill and Lords consequential amendments considered. Lords amendments 32E to 32L and 34J agreed to. Lords amendment 33 disagreed to and government amendments and government...

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1025-36

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Commons insistence on disagreeing to certain Lords amendments, Commons amendments to words so restored to the Bill and Commons consequential amendments considered. Motion to insist on Lords amendment and propose consequential amendments agreed to on division (163 to 115). Motion to insist on Lords amendment agreed to...

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

654 c2053-84

House

House of Lords

Lords amendts:Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Lords reasons for insisting on certain of their amendments to which the Commons have disagreed considered. Apart from Lords amendment 120 where the House did not insist on its disagreement, all remaining Lords reasons disagreed to on divisions and government amendments to the words so restored.

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

413 c876-903

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Consideration of Commons amendments and reasons. Motions to insist on Lords amendments to which the Commons had disagreed agreed to. Committee appointed to propose reasons for insistences on Lords amendments 32, 33, 34, 36, 114 to 131. Report agreed to. Certain Lords amendments not insisted on and...

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

654 c1939-2010

House

House of Lords

Programme motion and Lords amendts:Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Programme motion (No 6) on consideration of Lords amendments and subsequent stages. Agreed to on division (343 to 181). Consideration of Lords amendments. Lords amendments 1,3,5-7,9-31,41-99,102-113,133-137,140-166,168-172,174-202,2 04-34,236-307,308-18,319-430,432-96 agreed to. Lords amendments 32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,2,4,8,100,101,114,115,116-124,125 ,126,127-129,130,131,132,138,139,167,173,235,203,431 disagreed to. Title of bill amended. Committee appointed to draw up reasons for disagreeing...

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

413 c643-744

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Lords third reading debate. Agreed to on question, passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

Lead member

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Answering member

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

654 c1774-829

House

House of Lords

Home Office

Statement on what steps are being taken to ensure that witnesses to crime are able to give evidence without fear of intimidation. - Inc ref to 'Tackling Witness Intimidation - An Outline Strategy'.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 October 2003

For answer on

10 November 2003

Answered on

10 November 2003

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to ensure that witnesses to crime are able to give evidence without fear of intimidation. [134053] Paul Goggins: The Government recognise that the intimidation of witnesses is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Witness intimidation in criminal proceedings is an offence under section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and intimidation in civil proceedings is an offence under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. The Home Office has advised the police to take immediate action against offenders in cases of intimidation or harassment of witnesses. The Government published "Tackling Witness Intimidation--An Outline Strategy" on 15 May 2003. It was issued to all Local Criminal Justice Boards and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and is available on Criminal Justice System online. A copy has been placed in the Library. The police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the judiciary have all received specialist training to help them be more responsive to the needs of intimidated witnesses. The guidance on anti-social behaviour orders stresses the importance of offering support to witnesses and victims when applications for such orders are made. There needs to be adequate protection for witnesses in the courtroom to ensure that they can give their best evidence. Most courts now have separate waiting rooms for witnesses, reducing the possibility of their coming into contact with the defendant, or those closely acquainted with him or her, and thus reducing the risk of intimidation. Increased funding for Victim Support has enabled its Witness Service to be extended to all Crown court centres and magistrates courts in England and Wales. This means that there should always be someone at court to support witnesses who may feel intimidated or worried. The Government have also introduced a range of special measures to assist intimidated witnesses to give their evidence in court, including the use of TV links, screens around the witness box and clearing the public gallery so that evidence can be given in private. The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 provides the legislative framework for these measures and a phased implementation programme began on 24 July 2002. In exceptional cases, where there are real and substantial grounds for fear and the Crown would not be able to proceed without the witness's evidence, the judge may allow the identity of a credible witness to be concealed entirely from the defendant. In taking this decision, the court must balance the need for protection of the witness against the risk of unfairness to the defendant and must satisfy itself that the interests of the accused would not be unduly prejudiced. These court-based measures are complemented by community-based measures, ensuring that support is available to witnesses where they live. Co-ordinated action by a number of agencies, for example in carrying out an initial risk assessment of a witnesses' vulnerability to intimidation, is key. The Government, in conjunction with the Housing Corporation and the Mayor of London, are today launching a scheme which will give intimidated witnesses the option of fast track relocation within the social housing sector. The Government recognise that, while the aim should be that perpetrators of crime and anti-social behaviour should be those who are moved, there will be instances where the risk to the witness is so great that this option needs to be available.

Date

10 November 2003

Reference

134053; 413 c121-3W

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Lords report stage third day.

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

4 November 2003

Reference

654 c691-766

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances it will be necessary to impose conditions before charge to ensure that a person accused of a crime (a) surrenders to custody, (b) does not commit an offence while on bail and (c) does not interfere with...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 October 2003

Reference

411 c29W;411 c45W; 127674;128630

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 on the experience of vulnerable witnesses. - Inc ref to www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/rl47.pdf.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

128648; 410 c1255-6W

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Lords Committee stage seventh day. Clauses 93-106, 108-134 agreed to. Clause 107 disagreed to on division (66 votes to 70). Schedules 5, 6 agreed to.

Department

Home Office

Type

Committee of the Whole House (HL); Debates on bills

Date

18 September 2003

Reference

652 c1081-139

House

House of Lords

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

What the procedure was for approving and publishing the dossier entitled 'Iraq - Its infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation' and which Minister had ultimate responsibility for its content. [HL 4161]. - Inc ref to 10 February 2003, CH399 c583W, and 12 February 2003, CH399 c856-64.

Asked by

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 July 2003

Reference

HL 4161; 651 c148WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to make it easier for vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Harold Best (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 June 2003

For answer on

23 June 2003

Answered on

23 June 2003

Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he has taken to make it easier for vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court; and if he will make a statement. [118775] Paul Goggins: In July 2002 we started a phased implementation of special measures to assist vulnerable or intimidated witnesses to give their best evidence. Vulnerable witness--who are defined by section 16 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 as being persons (not the accused) who are aged under 17 years or whose quality of evidence would be diminished by reasons of a mental disorder, or impairment of intelligence and social functioning, or a physical condition or disorder--can now apply for the following special measures in the Crown Court: Screens--to ensure that the witness does not see the defendant; Live TV link--allowing a witness to give evidence from outside the court; Clearing the court so that evidence can be given in private; Removal of wigs and gowns in court; Video recorded evidence in chief--allowing an interview with the witness, which has been video recorded before the trial, to be shown as the witness's evidence in chief; and Use of communication aids. The magistrates' courts, implementation has been limited so far to live link and video recorded evidence in chief for witnesses aged under 17 in certain categories of case, including sexual and violence offences. Further rollout of the special measures is planned for 2003-04 following evaluation of the first phase. Two of the special measures--video recorded pre- trial cross-examination and examination of the witness through an intermediary--are novel and complex and will be the subject of pilot projects before they are introduced nationally. Preparations are being made for intermediary pilots to begin later this year. A scoping study on options for piloting video recorded pre-trial cross-examination will be commissioned shortly.

Date

23 June 2003

Reference

118775; 407 c604-5W;407 c606-7W

House

House of Commons

Programme motions and Rep:Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Criminal Justice Bill. Debate on programme motion (no 5) on proceedings on report and third reading. Agreed to on division (283 to 160). Report stage second day.

Lead member

Paul Goggins

Answering member

Dominic Grieve

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

19 May 2003

Reference

405 c688-813;405 c688-814

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c5-6

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Supplementary on the comments of Baroness Helena Kennedy on plans to increase the protection of jury members from intimidation. - Includes ref to the Criminal Justice Bill.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c6

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c6

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What plans he has to increase the protection of jury members from intimidation and threats.

Asked by

Bill Tynan (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c5-6; 109757

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c5-6

House

House of Commons

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