Speeches

Clive Lewis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Attorney General, how many offences have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 in each of the last six years.

Robert Buckland

The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 was enacted to secure the protection from unauthorised interference of the remains of military aircraft and vessels that have crashed, sunk or been stranded and, of associated human remains.

No offences charged by way of this Act are recorded on the Crown Prosecution Service Case Management System Database during each of the last six years.