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23 Oct 2018
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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... Read full answer →
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