Parliamentary Activity
Leveson Inquiry — 80 mentions in Parliament since Apr 2016
Right to trial by jury
This House notes the findings from the Lammy Review of 2018 that shows that Black and Chinese women are found guilty at much higher rates than White women by magistrates, but not by juries; further notes the 2022 Racial Bias and the Bench report, which finds institutional racism amongst the judiciary; further notes the lack of evidence base to support a correlation between jury trials and backlogs in courts; also notes the letter by 100 lawyers to the Secretary of State for Justice that says ...
PART TWO OF THE LEVESON INQUIRY
That this House is hugely disappointed and angered by the Government's refusal to proceed with Phase 2 of the Leveson Inquiry into the relationships between media companies and the police; believes that this is bad for politics, bad for journalism and bad for the public; further believes there is a clear need for an inquiry into whether the botched initial investigation into telephone hacking by the Metropolitan Police was due to ineptitude or because of the cosy relationship between senior e...
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF DANIEL MORGAN
That this House notes that 10 March 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the brutal and unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan of Llanfrechfa; congratulates BBC Radio Wales on its broadcast which featured an ex-police detective urging the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to expose police wrongdoing; calls for the publication of the secret Tiberius Report which reveals the horrifying extent of police corruption among the London police; and offers its full support to the family of Daniel ...
PRESS REGULATION AND SECTION 40
That this House notes the significant consequences for local, regional and national publications if the Government was to commence section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013; recognises that the state should have no role in regulating publications; believes that the commencement of section 40 would curtail the freedom of the press in the UK by creating a chilling effect on journalism and would stifle investigative journalism; further notes that the commencement of section 40 would be an atte...