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Undercover Policing Inquiry. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

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

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Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Lords
Lord Moylan · Conservative Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Undercover Policing Inquiry to make its final report; what has been the cost of that inquiry to date; and what the final cost of that inquiry is expected to be.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Undercover Policing Inquiry was established in 2015, to investigate undercover deployments conducted by police forces in England and Wales since 1968 and was expected to report within three years.In May 2018, the Undercover Policing Inquiry published ...

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Newham Monitoring Project: Surveillance

Written Question House of Commons
Lyn Brown · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish all police files directly relating to the surveillance or infiltration of the Newham Monitoring Project.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

In 2015 the Home Office established the Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England since 1968. The Home Office is a core participant in the Inquiry and is i...

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Newham Monitoring Project: Surveillance

Written Question House of Commons
Lyn Brown · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which periods police surveillance or infiltration of the Newham Monitoring Project took place.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

In 2015 the Home Office established the Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England since 1968. The Home Office is a core participant in the Inquiry and is i...

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Newham Monitoring Project: Surveillance

Written Question House of Commons
Lyn Brown · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on covert police (a) surveillance and (b) infiltration of the Newham Monitoring Project.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

In 2015 the Home Office established the Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England since 1968. The Home Office is a core participant in the Inquiry and is i...

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Newham Monitoring Project: Surveillance

Written Question House of Commons
Lyn Brown · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have engaged in surveillance or infiltration of the Newham Monitoring Project over the lifetime of such activities.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

In 2015 the Home Office established the Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England since 1968. The Home Office is a core participant in the Inquiry and is i...

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Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Louise Haigh · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Strategic Review of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing a panel of advisers prior to the commencement of Module 1 h

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Prior to the publication of the Strategic Review by Sir John Mitting on 10 May 2018, consideration was given to the appointment of panel members to the Undercover Policing Inquiry. A decision was taken by the previous Home Secretary to continue with a sin...

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Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Louise Haigh · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Strategic Review into the Undercover Policing Inquiry, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing panel members to assist the Chairman prior to the commenc

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Prior to the publication of the Strategic Review by Sir John Mitting on 10 May 2018, consideration was given to the appointment of panel members to the Undercover Policing Inquiry. A decision was taken by the previous Home Secretary to continue with a sin...

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Vetting: Construction

Written Question House of Commons
Kelvin Hopkins · Independent Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports of disciplinary action initiated against Special Branch officers communicating with organisations or individuals that blacklisted construction workers.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Investigations, including those into allegations of police wrongdoing and any decisions in relation to the bringing of disciplinary proceedings, are operational matters for police forces and are carried out independently of Government. The Government is n...

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Vetting: Construction

Written Question House of Commons
Kelvin Hopkins · Independent Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she and her predecessors were briefed by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on Special Branch officers communicating with organisations or individuals that blacklisted construction workers.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Investigations, including those into allegations of police wrongdoing and any decisions in relation to the bringing of disciplinary proceedings, are operational matters for police forces and are carried out independently of Government. The Government is n...

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Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the Home Office, and (2) the Metropolitan Police Service, intend to provide position statements to the Mitting Inquiry, setting out (a) their respective responsibilities for undercover policing, (b) their assess

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Undercover Policing Inquiry was set up by the then Home Secretary to inquire into and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England and Wales since 1968. Under the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference, this inc...

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Association of Chief Police Officers: Consulting Association

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has had access to intelligence on trade unionists provided by Special Branch or undercover officers; and whether ACPO has sold (1) any such information, and (2) other

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has ceased operating. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has assumed some of ACPO’s functions. The NPCC is an independent organisation and is a core participant in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. The...

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Inquiries: Rules of Procedure

Written Question House of Commons
Tulip Siddiq · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of restriction (a) notices and (b) orders her Department has issued to restrict inquiries under (i) section 19(1)(a) and (ii) section 19(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Since 2016, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has not used the power to impose a restriction notice under section 19(2)(a) of the Inquiries Act 2005.Under Section 19(2)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005, a restriction order may be imposed by the C...

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THE PITCHFORD INQUIRY AND SCOTLAND

Early Day Motion House of Commons
Mr Alistair Carmichael · Liberal Democrat
Parliamentary excerpt

That this House believes that a growing number of Scottish citizens have been identified as being involved in undercover policing scandals involving the National Public Order Intelligence Unit and the Special Demonstration Squad of the Metropolitan Police, either as victims or as officers working on cases; considers that these units operated in Scotland keeping political, environmental, trade union and other activists under surveillance using unethical and often illegal methods; notes that th...

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