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

Original parliamentary record

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...

Original parliamentary record

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...

Original parliamentary record

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...

Original parliamentary record