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38 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 18 May 2016
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Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Richard Burgon · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of appointing panel members with expertise in (a) institutional racism, (b) sexism, (C) class bias and (d) the other relevant issues in the Underco

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The issue was carefully considered in 2018 and it was decided that panel members would not be appointed at that time. A judicial review of the decision was subsequently refused. Sir John Mitting is an experienced High Court Judge and has the necessary exp...

Original parliamentary record

Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Richard Burgon · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of not funding the legal costs for participants in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Undercover Policing Inquiry is independent of the Home Office and decisions regarding funding for Core Participants are for the Inquiry to make.Under section 40 of the Inquiries Act 2005, the Inquiry Chair has the power to award reasonable amounts to ...

Original parliamentary record

Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Richard Burgon · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of not providing live audio and video streaming of the Undercover Policing Inquiry on the ability of the (a) public and (b) core participants to e

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Undercover Policing Inquiry is independent of the Home Office and so, decisions on the conduct of its investigations and hearings are for the Inquiry to make.The Inquiry has sought the views of Core Participants and relevant parties on how it should c...

Original parliamentary record

Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Richard Burgon · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of instructing the police and security services to make available to their unredacted registry files to the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The police and Security Service are operationally independent from the Home Office and decisions concerning their engagement with the Undercover Policing Inquiry are a matter for them. It would not be appropriate for the Home Office to comment on or inter...

Original parliamentary record

Undercover Policing Inquiry

Early Day Motion House of Commons
Richard Burgon · Labour
Parliamentary excerpt

That this House notes the ongoing independent public Undercover Policing Inquiry, set up to investigate undercover policing in England and Wales since 1968; recognises the concerns raised by Non State Non Police Core Participants (NSNPCPs) and interested campaign groups (including the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance and Police Spies Out of Lives) that the inquiry is not currently properly accessible to Core Participants or to the public; supports the principle of open justice including ...

Original parliamentary record