| Heading: |
Government Controlled Companies: Prosecutions |
| Question ID: |
1785053 |
| UIN: |
HL5807 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
56 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any entity owned or partially owned by the Government has acted as a prosecutor in its own interests in the past five years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3154 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answer text: |
Certain Government agencies (such as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and TV Licencing) are permitted under legislation to bring criminal prosecutions within specified remits. In addition, where the UK taxpayer is a shareholder or the only sharehol... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |