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The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. Its creation was announced on 12 June 2003 with the intention of replacing the Lord Chancellor's Department. The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ...
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Lord Chancellors Department was a United Kingdom government department. ...
It is primarily responsible for reforms to the Constitution, relations with the Channel Islands and Isle of Man and, within England and Wales, it is concerned with the administration of the Courts, the appointment of the Judiciary. Other responsibilities include issues relating to human rights, data protection and freedom of information. The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ...
Schematic of court system for England and Wales The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system - England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ...
The judiciary, also referred to as the judicature, consists of the system of courts of law for the administration of justice and to its principals, the justices, judges and magistrates among other types of adjudicators. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
Freedom of information can mean: whether a particular piece of information can be freely created, read, modified, copied and distributed; see free content (as well as free culture and free software) freedom to express ones opinions or ideas, generally, within a society; see freedom of speech the accessibility of...
Administratively it incorporates the Wales Office and the Scotland Office, but those offices remain the overall responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales and Secretary of State for Scotland respectively. The Wales Office is a United Kingdom government department. ...
The Scotland Office (Oifis na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a department of the United Kingdom government, responsible for reserved Scottish affairs. ...
The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ...
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stà ite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ...
After the 2005 general election, it gained additional responsibilities for coroners and conduct of local government elections in England. [1]. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ...
A coroner is the presiding officer of a special court to investigate deaths that occur under unusual circumstances where conventional criminal proceedings are not immediately called for. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
Ministers of the Department of Constitutional Affairs as of 10 May 2005 [2] May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Departmental agencies The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is a United Kingdom cabinet position. ...
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton The Right Honourable Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC (born 19 November 1951) is a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. ...
The Right Honourable Harriet Ruth Harman QC (born July 30, 1950, London) is a British barrister and Labour politician. ...
A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ...
Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 20 March 1956) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. ...
A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ...
Bridget Theresa Prentice (born 28 December 1952, Glasgow, as Bridget Theresa Corr) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Her Majestys Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Government on the law. ...
Lynda Margaret Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton (born 26 February 1949) is a Scottish politician, formerly the Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands and Advocate General for Scotland. ...
A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ...
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stà ite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ...
John David Cairns (born 1966) is a Scottish politician, and member of Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde - the first person born locally to do so. ...
A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ...
The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ...
Nicholas Richard Ainger (born October 24, 1949, Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is a British Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency of Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South, and a Commons Whip and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. ...
Among members of the legal profession the department is affectionately known as "decaff". Her Majestys Courts Service is an amalgamation of the Magistrates Courts Service and the Court Service. ...
Her Majestys Land Registry is a British Governmental organisation created in 1862, responsible for publicly recording legal interests in land in the England and Wales and reporting to the Department for Constitutional Affairs and to the Lord Chancellors office. ...
The National Archives is a British Governmental organisation created in April 2003. ...
See also
English law is the law of England and Wales, rather than Scotland and Northern Ireland. ...
The term Scottish Executive is used in two distinct but closely related senses. ...
The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system - England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ...
External links - Department of Constitutional Affairs
- Her Majesty's Courts Service
- Land Registry
- The National Archives
- Public Guardianship Office
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