Policy #1071: "Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests"
This is the votes by vote definition of Public Whip policy #1071: "Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests". You may want to read an introduction to policies, or read more about Public Whip.
Someone who believes that ministers should be able to legally intervene in a coroner's inquest and either order it to take place without a jury or suspend it and impose an inquiry in its place.
would have voted like this...
House | Date | Subject | Policy vote |
Commons | 10 Jun 2008 | Counter-Terrorism Bill — Disallow inquests without a jury in England and Wales — rejected | Majority (strong) |
Commons | 10 Jun 2008 | Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected | Majority |
Commons | 26 Jan 2009 | Coroners and Justice Bill — Condemn the Coroners and Justice Bill — rejected | Majority |
Commons | 9 Nov 2009 | Coroners and Justice Bill — Enable Minister to Replace Inquest With Inquiry — Incercept Evidence in Inquests | Majority (strong) |
Lords | 11 Nov 2009 | Coroners and Justice Bill — Remove powers of Lord Chancellor to Suspend a Coroner's Inquest — rejected | Majority |
Commons | 12 Nov 2009 | Coroners and Justice Bill — Schedule 1 — Explicit Approval of Lord Chief Justice Required for Minister to Suspend Coroner's Inquiry -rejected | Majority (strong) |