Alistair Carmichael
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 58 |
Web site | www.alistaircarmichael.co.uk |
Date of birth | July 15,1965 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Islay |
United Kingdom | |
Parents | Alistair Snr. |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Job | Politician |
Official site | parliament.uk |
Party | Liberal Democrats |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2001 | |
Education | University of Aberdeen |
University of Glasgow | |
University of Aberdeen School of Law | |
Previous position | Secretary of State for Scotland (2013–2015), Comptroller of HM Household (2010–2013) |
2006 201516 2020present | Home Affairs |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 402416 |
Alistair Carmichael Life story
Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael is a Scottish politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland since 2001. A Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, he serves as the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs, Northern Ireland and Justice spokesperson.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants to restrict use of tents by homeless
... The Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Alistair Carmichael, said it was " grim politics" to " criminalise homeless charities for simply trying to keep vulnerable people warm and dry in winter"...
Fines hiked for firms employing illegal migrants
... The Liberal Democrats also out at Sunday s move, with the party s Home Affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael calling it " another pointless announcement on the asylum system which will make no meaningful difference"...
Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted
... " Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Alistair Carmichael echoed that sentiment, calling on the government to review past cases and " compensate these individuals fully"...
Dorset migrant barge plans should be scrapped, council leader says
... Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said: " Braverman s plan for a barge on the Dorset coast is an unworkable plan that is wasting time and money, much like all of this government s asylum policy...
'Redress scheme' announced for child sexual abuse victims
... Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael welcomed the move when it was first announced by the government last month, but said criminals would " continue to evade justice" unless court backlogs were cut and community policing restored...
Suella Braverman speeding course claims prompt inquiry calls
... Alistair Carmichael, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, said she " should be urgently investigated by the ethics adviser and add her name to the near endless list of ministers who have had to undergo the same"...
UK to ban all cold calls selling financial products
... " And Alistair Carmichael, home affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said: " With only one new investigator for every 9,000 cases last year, the [new] fraud squad is just a drop in the ocean compared to what s needed to protect fraud victims...
Plan to ban 'menacing' machetes and zombie knives
... Liberal Democrats Home Affairs spokesman MP Alistair Carmichael said the government had " consistently failed to keep our communities safe"...
Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted
By Sean SeddonBBC News
A controversial rule which saw living costs deducted from compensation paid to wrongly imprisoned people has been scrapped.
The government announced The Change on Sunday after the case of Andrew Malkinson, who, prompted calls for it to be overhauled.
He welcomed The Move but said he still faces a two-year wait for his payment.
MPs said individuals whose payments were reduced should now be reimbursed.
People who are wrongly jailed for More Than 10 Years can be paid up to £1m under a government compensation scheme.
But since A House of Lords ruling in 2007, that total figure can be reduced to take into account " savings" individuals made on things like housing and food while imprisoned.
Mr Malkinson has called for The Living costs rule to be removed since the of a 2003 rape in Salford.
He was convicted by a jury on the basis of a prosecution which relied solely on identification evidence but a has now linked another suspect to The Crime .
Mr Malkinson was originally sentenced with a seven-year minimum term but was held for Much longer because he refused to admit to A Crime he knew he did not commit.
He was released in 2020 having always maintained his innocence and could now be In Line for compensation after his conviction was formally quashed after his latest appeal.
Greater Manchester Police to him last month and admitted their investigation resulted in a " grave miscarriage of justice".
Mr Malkinson has described it as " sickening, abhorrent, repugnant" that a percentage of his compensation could have been reduced before Sunday's announcement.
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk confirmed the rule would be scrapped, calling it a " Common Sense change which will ensure victims do not face paying twice for crimes they did not commit".
He Said : " Fairness is a core pillar of our justice system and it is not right that victims of devastating miscarriages of justice can have deductions made for saved living expenses. "
But the government has not committed to reimbursing wrongly convicted people who have had the deduction applied to their compensation since the rule was introduced.
Speaking to The Bbc , Mr Malkinson said: " It's a step in The Right direction. But there's Much more that needs changing too.
" You know, you don't want to just put a sticking plaster on something that's mortally wounded. "
He called for an overhaul of The Jury and appeals system to give wrongly convicted people more protections, and said he believes " there should be consequences" for those who secured his imprisonment.
Mr Malkinson said even with The Living costs rule removed, he expects to wait two years for any compensation while The Independent board which determines how Much he is entitled to makes its decision.
He continued: " I'm struggling. I'm living On Benefits . I'm jobless, I'm homeless pretty Much . . I'm pretty Much bereft of everything. "
Calling for The System to be speeded up and requirements to be simplified, He Said : " It's a silly barrier that's been artificially erected. . it's inexcusable. It's not justified. "
A House of Commons library from 2015 describes compensation as " The Exception rather than the rule" in miscarriage of justice cases.
Emily Bolton , director of The Charity Appeal and Mr Malkinson's solicitor, said some wrongly convicted people are " denied compensation altogether because of a restrictive test which flies in The Face of the presumption of innocence".
She added: " The State robbed [Mr Malkinson] of The Best years of his life. Changing this one rule is not an adequate response.
" We need a complete overhaul of the appeals system, which took two decades to acknowledge this obvious miscarriage of justice. "
There have been calls from some MPs for the government to review cases where compensation payments have had living costs deducted, and to reimburse those individuals if necessary.
The chair of The Commons Justice Committee, Conservative MP Sir Bob Neill , told The Bbc : " I'm very glad that the government have listened to what I think was the overwhelming reaction from The Public and politicians about this. "
He continued: " There is a bigger piece of work that needs to be done about reforming compensation, both for victims of crime and for victims of miscarriages of justice, because The Process is long-winded. "
In a separate interview with the PA news agency, Sir Bob Said : " I Wonder if the government could consider ex-gratia payments on a case-by-case basis to Make Up for that if people can demonstrate they fulfil all the criteria. "
Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Alistair Carmichael echoed that sentiment, calling on the government to review past cases and " compensate these individuals fully".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com