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Mr. Mullin: To ask the Attorney-General if he will list, with dates and charges, the 27 people whose convictions have been quashed as a result of discredited evidence from the West Midland serious crime squad. [4508]
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The Solicitor-General: I have taken the hon. Member's question to relate to those cases detailed in the two written answers given to the hon. Member by my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General on 16 February 1994, Official Report, column 782.
Name | Offence | Date |
---|---|---|
Hassan Khan | Robbery | 23 February 1990 |
John Edwards | Robbery | 2 November 1990 |
Constantine Wellington | Robbery | 25 March 1990 |
Geoffrey Cheetham | Conspiracy to rob | 30 July 1992 |
Ronald T. Gall | Assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 14 January 1992 |
Gerard Gall | Robbery | 14 January 1992 |
Valentine P. Cooke | Robbery | 14 January 1992 |
Robert Haughton | Conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm | 14 May 1992 |
Delroy Hare | Robbery | 19 May 1992 |
Michael T. Bromell | Unlawful wounding | 22 June 1992 |
Gary M. Binham | Theft | 28 January 1993 |
Leslie B. Horobin | Robbery | 1 April 1993 |
Kevin Wilcox | Robbery | 1 April 1993 |
Raymond Fryer | Robbery | 1 April 1993 |
Adolphus Francis | Robbery | 27 April 1993 |
Elvis Jeffers | Robbery | 27 April 1993 |
Paul R. Lindo | Grievous bodily harm | 12 October 1993 |
George A. Hinds | Theft | 12 December 1993 |
Patrick Smith | Robbery | 20 January 1994 |
Seymour Williams | Robbery | 20 January 1994 |
Sing Gill Tarlochan (previously listed as Tannochan) | Murder | 27 January 1994 |
George G. Lewis | Robbery | 4 January 1994 |
A Rasheed | Manslaughter | 17 May 1994 |
Anthony Jones | Conspiracy to rob | 29 July 1994 |
Martin Foran | Conspiracy to rob | 24 February 1995 |
Trevor McCalla | Robbery | 16 October 1995 |
Roy Meads | Robbery | 29 January 1996 |
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Attorney-General if he will list those administrative decisions of his Department affecting (a) United Kingdom citizens and (b) non-citizens where there is no right of appeal. [6022]
The Solicitor-General: Decisions of the Law Officers are not subject to any statutory right of appeal.
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the current chairman proposes to relinquish his position as chairman of the deregulation task force. [5578]
Mr. Freeman: The right hon. Francis Maude's current appointment as chairman of the deregulation task force is until September 1997.
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Mr. Hanson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proposals he intends to bring forward to meet the deregulation task force targets for a reduction in business costs by 2000. [5577]
Mr. Freeman: The deregulation task force has produced two annual reports, in September 1995 and September 1996. The Government accepted the majority of the recommendations in both these reports.
In its 1995 report, the deregulation task force recommended that the burden of Government surveys be cut by 25 per cent. In response, the Government set up an independent study which reported in September 1996. The study put forward a number of recommendations which will reduce businesses costs in completing Government surveys by 26 per cent.--or £17.5 million per year--by the year 2000, without damaging the quality of essential data collected.
Mr. Hanson:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minster what steps he intends to take to broaden the membership of the deregulation task force. [5575]
Mr. Freeman:
Two new members were appointed to the deregulation task force in September. They are Henry Angest, who is chairman and chief executive of Secure Trust Group plc, a financial services company, and Thomas Swan who runs Thomas Swan and Co Ltd., a chemical manufacturing, biotechnology and scientific equipment company. There are no current plans for further additions to the membership.
Mr. Hanson:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what were his criteria for establishing membership of the deregulation task force. [5576]
Mr. Freeman:
All members of the task force were appointed for the expertise and experience they could contribute to its work as individuals. Members were selected from a large number of sources, including the lists held by the Cabinet Office public appointments unit.
Mr. Hanson:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is his policy towards members of the deregulation task force holding the position of prospective parliamentary candidate. [5574]
Mr. Freeman:
The deregulation task force is an advisory body. As is the case with all non-departmental public bodies, the members of the task force have been appointed for the expertise they can contribute to its work. All the recommendations the task force makes to the Government are considered entirely on their merits, and in the light of views of others.
Ms Quin:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the seconded civil servants referred to in his answer of 24 July, Official Report, column 455, by the Departments from which they were seconded. [4709]
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Mr. Freeman:
Many Government Departments, together with a few executive agencies, have seconded staff to the European Commission as national experts. The number of staff each Department/agency has seconded--
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with the exception of Northern Ireland Departments, where separate details are not recorded--for each of the last four years together with the current position is as follows:
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As at 31 December 1992 | As at 31 December 1993 | As at 31 December 1994 | As at 31 December 1995 | As at 20 November 1996 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAFF | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Building Research Agency | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cabinet Office | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Central Statistical Office | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
HM Customs and Excise | 12 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data Protection Registrar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ministry of Defence | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Defence Research Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Department for Education and Employment | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Department of the Environment | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Equal Opportunities Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Department of Health | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Health and Safety Executive | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Home Office | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inland Revenue | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Northern Ireland Civil Service | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Office of Fair Trading | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Patent Office | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Overseas Development Administration | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Scottish Office | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Serious Fraud Office | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Department of Social Security | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Department of Trade and Industry | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
Department of Transport | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
HM Treasury | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Treasury Solicitor's Office | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Welsh Office | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
European fast stream(54) | 0 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
Total | 109 | 115 | 109 | 102 | 98 |
(54) European fast streamers are funded by the Cabinet Office, although they are placed in other Government Departments while they are on the scheme and may be seconded to the European Commission as part of their training programme.
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Mr. Winnick: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister with whom he raised the issue of human rights and political prisoners when he officially visited China recently. [5535]
The Deputy Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 4 June, Official Report, column 333.
Mr. Michael Brown: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the progress that has been made towards achieving equality of opportunity in the civil service. [6139]
Mr. Freeman: Considerable progress has been made. I have today published two reports on equal opportunities in the civil service--the 1996 data summary and "Equal Opportunities in the Civil Service--A Progress Report". The representation of women, members of the ethnic minorities and disabled people has increased against a backdrop of reducing staff members. Copies of both reports have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
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Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the additional costs for the Royal Ulster Constabulary of policing band competitions in Comber, County Down on (a) 17 May, (b) 29 June and (c) 20 September. [3897]
Sir John Wheeler: The competitions were policed from within existing local police resources. There were, therefore, no additional costs for the RUC.
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