Mr. Garnier: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many official visits the hon. Member for Wyre
Forest (Mr. Lock) has paid to the United States since his appointment as Parliamentary Secretary; what was the location of each
visit; who he met; and what subjects were discussed. [110911]
Mr. Lock: I have made one visit to the United States of America since my appointment as Parliamentary Secretary, where I had the
meetings set out in the following table. I also visited Winnipeg and Ottawa, and details of the meetings I held there are also set
out in the table.
The purpose of my visit was to meet experienced practitioners in the USA and Canada to discuss the successful operation of criminal
defence services, and the use of salaried defence advocates.
This forms part of the policy making process for the development of the Criminal Defence Service in England and Wales, the first
stage of which will be implemented in October 2000. I will be consulting with professional bodies and other interested parties on
the detail of our proposals in the coming months.
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Location Subject
Los Angeles
Michael Judge, Public Defender Robert Kalunian, Assistant Public Setting up and running publicly funded criminal defence
Defender Adolfo Lara, Assistant Public Defender Public Defender services, different models of public defence services, ensuring
Office Management Board Penny Van Bogaert, Assistant Deputy Public quality services for defendants, monitoring mechanisms, training
Defender (Resources) Trial lawyers, Paralegals and Investigators and development of public defender lawyers and staff, attending
from the Public Defender's Office court hearings
Portland, Oregon
Ann Christian, Oregon State Judicial Department, Head of Indigent Setting up and running publicly funded criminal defence
Defence Services James Hennings, Metropolitan Public Defender, services, different models of public defence services, ensuring
Portland Ross Shepard, Lane County Public Defender Managers and quality services for defendants, monitoring mechanisms, training
Trial Lawyers, Multnomah County Defender Office Judge Frantz, and development of public defender lawyers and staff, attending
Principal Criminal Judge, Portland Ron Williams, Attorney in court hearings, judicial views on service provided by public
charge of drug treatment programme, Metropolitan Public Defender's defence services
Office, Portland Group of Private Attorneys contracted to do
public defence work
Seattle
James Crane, Office of Public Defence, King County, Washington Setting up and running publicly funded criminal defence
Robert Boruchowitz, Public Defender, King County Managers and services, different models of public defence services, ensuring
Trial Lawyers, Office of Public Defence, King County Daniel quality services for defendants, monitoring mechanisms, training
Sattenberg, Chief of Staff, King County Prosecutor's Office Judges and development of public defender lawyers and staff, judicial
from King County Criminal Courts views on service provided by public defence services
Winnipeg
Gerry McNeilly, Executive Director, Legal Aid Manitoba Managers Setting up and running publicly funded criminal defence
and Trial Attorneys, Legal Aid Manitoba Judge Judith Webster, services, different models of public defence services, ensuring
senior criminal judge, Provincial Court Gord Mackintosh, Manitoba quality services for defendants, monitoring mechanisms, training
Minister of Justice and Attorney General and development of public defender lawyers and staff, judicial
views on service provided by public defence services, operation
of civil courts, Narey reforms, legal aid expenditure and
control, public service agreements, policy co-ordination across
Government
Ottawa
Morris Rosenberg, Federal Deputy Minister of Justice Janice Setting up and running publicly funded criminal defence
Charette, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Officials from services, different models of public defence services, ensuring
Department of Justice, from legal aid research division, judicial quality services for defendants, monitoring mechanisms, training
affairs division, research and statistics division Senator Gerald and development of public defender lawyers and staff,
Beaudoin Mr. John Godfrey MP Elizabeth Mulholland, Senior Adviser, implementation of the Human Rights Act, constitutional reform,
Prime Minister's Office Professor Errol Mendes, University of judicial appointments policy, Law Commission, policy research
Ottawa projects
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