House of Lords Business
Show full summary

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new procedure in Magistrates' Courts routinely not to provide bailed defendants with written details of their bail conditions and future court dates on the number of defendants who (1) break their bail conditions, and (2) fail to appear at court; and whether they intend to monitor and track the impact of that change.  HL11284

Question HL11284: tabled on 5 November 2018 and due for answer by 19 November 2018

This type of business sits within the Questions & Statements category.

This question has been answered by the relevant Government Department.

Question text

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new procedure in Magistrates' Courts routinely not to provide bailed defendants with written details of their bail conditions and future court dates on the number of defendants who (1) break their bail conditions, and (2) fail to appear at court; and whether they intend to monitor and track the impact of that change.  HL11284
Legend for business item text
† Item that is new or altered.
* Item is an oral question.
Numbers starting HL are unique identifiers for written questions, Bills or papers.

Member's Registered Interests

There are no interests to show.

Main Member

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Labour
Life peer