Franks Committee: Parliament
Mentions of the inquiry in parliamentary proceedings, drawn from Hansard, most recent first.
Prosecutions
Caroline Lucas · Green Party → Attorney General
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to his power to grant his consent to a prosecution, whether he is required to make that decision in accordance with the 1972 Franks Committee memorandum criteria of (a) whether the charge is being brought in app
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Attorney General
For certain offences, Parliament has decided that the Attorney General’s consent is needed to bring a prosecution.The Home Office memorandum to the Franks Committee in 1972 gave guidance on the reasons for including a consent requirement when creating a c...
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