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Railways: Paddington Crash
Whether they have assessed the extent to which the prosecution of Network Rail for the Paddington crash was in the public interest.
Asked by
Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c214
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, I do not absolutely know. It is possible that, if the Bill had been passed in its present form, there could have been a prosecution for corporate manslaughter. It would have depended on determining tests that were not necessary for this prosecution; namely, whether there was a gross breach of duty and a senior management failing. But it is possible that that offence would have been made out.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c216
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, as I understood it, the noble Lord actually referred to the failings of the driver, not to corporate failings. The decision was taken by the Crown Prosecution Service, which prosecuted the case. The service consulted the law officers and me. As I have made clear to the House, I agreed with its view.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c215
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, I repeat: the company accepted its responsibility for the liabilities that had been passed to it. It is not so much the design outside Paddington as the fact that the signal was for some reason obscured and not visible. No one really knows why the driver drove through that red light. There had been eight incidents in which attention had been drawn to drivers passing that signal at red. It ought to have been looked at and a new solution found, as it subsequently was when a system was put in place under which, if a driver passed that signal at red, the brakes would automatically come on. Had that system been in place then, this would never have happened.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c216
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, it was clearly in the public interest to prosecute. The independent inquiry by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Cullen, described there having been, "““a serious and persistent failure””," to deal with the recognised problem of signals passed at danger in the Paddington area. Thirty-one people were killed in the crash. The Crown Prosecution Service applied the Code for Crown Prosecutors and held that it was in the public interest to prosecute. I entirely agree with it.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c214
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, the defendant pleaded guilty to the offence. That seems to me to be quite significant. As the noble Lord will know, the responsibilities of the former body were passed to the new body. I see no difficulty with this at all.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c215
House
House of Lords
Railways: Paddington Crash
My Lords, so far as the cause of this terrible event was concerned, it emerged that in the Paddington area there had been no fewer than eight occasions when that signal had been passed at danger. Those responsible for the infrastructure ought to have held signal-siting committees to determine what to do about that so as to avoid what ultimately came about, which was that a driver missed that red signal with terrible consequences, as we know. The issue of fining public bodies arises from time to time. Where a serious crime is committed, even by a public body, it is right to mark that and bring some degree of accountability. It is also right to impose a penalty to deter not just that body but others from committing similar offences in the future.
Answered by
Lord Goldsmith (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 June 2007
Reference
693 c215
House
House of Lords
Arms Trade: Al Yamamah

asked Her Majesty's Government:In light of the Prime Minister's comments on 7 June, what vital interests to the United Kingdom would have been wrecked by a continued investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the Al Yamamah arms deal.
Asked by
Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2007
Reference
4236; 693 c3WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Disclosure

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by the Attorney-General on 27 March (WA 255), whether the documents to which he refers in that Answer will now be published.
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 May 2007
Reference
3561; 692 c42-3WA
House
House of Lords
Serious Fraud Office

asked Her Majesty's Government:How morale at the Serious Fraud Office has progressed since the cancellation of the investigation into the British Aerospace Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia at the end of 2006.
Asked by
Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 May 2007
Reference
3545; 692 c33WA
House
House of Lords
Official Meetings: Attorney-General

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many times the Attorney-General has met Lord Levy over the past three years (a) on official business, and (b) at social functions.
Asked by
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 May 2007
Reference
3378; 691 c252WA
House
House of Lords
Government: Law Officers' Advice

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the remarks by the Attorney-General on 19 March (GC 131–32), what is their policy and practice on seeking the Law Officers' advice before making a statement of compatibility under Section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 May 2007
Reference
3282; 691 c213WA
House
House of Lords
Government: Law Officers' Advice

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith on 27 March (WA 259), whether it is the law officers or their clients within the Executive who own the advice given by the law officers; and why it is for the law officers rather than the Executive to...
Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 April 2007
Reference
3076; 691 c16WA
House
House of Lords
Director of Public Prosecutions

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith on 14 March (WA 126), what level or number of criminal convictions would be a barrier to appointment to the post of Director of Public Prosecutions.
Asked by
Lord Tebbit (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 April 2007
Reference
2944; 691 c12WA
House
House of Lords
Government: Law Officers' Advice

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith on 5 March (WA 2), whether the advice of the law officers, or the fact that the law officers have been consulted, has been disclosed outside government during the past decade; and, if so, on which occasions.
Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2626; 690 c259WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Disclosure

asked Her Majesty's Government:In connection with the recent acquittal of six defendants at the court martial arising from the death in Basra in 2003 of Mr Baha Mousa and related matters, whether they will publish in full the observations of Mr Justice McKinnon.
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2724; 690 c255WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Witness Statements

asked Her Majesty's Government:In connection with the recent acquittal of six defendants at the court martial arising from the death in Basra in 2003 of Mr Baha Mousa and related matters, how many witness statements were taken in translation and whether any procedural flaws were identified in them.
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2722; 690 c257WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Witness Statements

asked Her Majesty's Government:In connection with the recent acquittal of six defendants at the court martial arising from the death in Basra in 2003 of Mr Baha Mousa and related matters (a) whether they will identify the accused, specifying the offences with which each was charged and the outcome of...
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2721; 690 c256-7WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Public Interest

asked Her Majesty's Government:In connection with the recent acquittal of six defendants at the court martial arising from the death in Basra in 2003 of Mr Baha Mousa and related matters (a) what assessments were made and by whom of the likelihood of conviction on each charge; and what record...
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2723; 690 c256WA
House
House of Lords
Court Martial: Disclosure

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the document entitled 1QLR Internment procedure, dated 9 July 2003, as disclosed at the recent court martial of members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and others.
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2007
Reference
2725; 690 c255WA
House
House of Lords