Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales

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The Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales is the opposition’s chief legal spokesperson who scrutinizes the work of the government’s Attorney General and develops alternative legal policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
shadow cabinet position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
associatedWithChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
correspondingOffice Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryGoverned none (Opposition role only) ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
criminal justice policy ⓘ
law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
governmentalBody Opposition frontbench legal team ⓘ
hasDuty to participate in legal and constitutional debates in Parliament ⓘ
to respond to statements by the Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
to uphold the rule of law in Opposition policy ⓘ
hasLegalAuthorityOver Opposition legal policy for England and Wales ⓘ
hasOppositeNumber Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
hasScope alternative legal policy development ⓘ
government legal policy scrutiny ⓘ
inception 20th century ⓘ
isPartOf UK constitutional conventions ⓘ
jurisdiction legal system of England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
officeHolderRole chief legal spokesperson for the Opposition ⓘ
develops alternative legal policy for the Opposition ⓘ
scrutinizes the work of the Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
officeType non-ministerial Opposition office ⓘ
partOf Official Opposition frontbench ⓘ
Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition ⓘ
reportsTo Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) ⓘ
responsibleFor advising the Opposition on legal matters ⓘ
developing Opposition policy on the rule of law ⓘ
oversight of government legal decisions from the Opposition perspective ⓘ
parliamentary scrutiny of the Attorney General’s actions ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
status non-governmental political office ⓘ
subclassOf shadow law officer position ⓘ
termLength at the pleasure of the Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
usedBy Official Opposition in the UK House of Commons ⓘ
Official Opposition in the UK Parliament ⓘ
worksIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) → hasOffice → Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Shami Chakrabarti → positionHeld → Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Emily Thornberry → positionHeld → Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Labour Party frontbench team → includesPosition → Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Jo Stevens → positionHeld → Shadow Solicitor General ⓘ
linked to: Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales