In Parliament

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for all his work as Chair of the APPG and with the contaminated blood community. On the issue he has just raised, there is growing support for a national oversight...

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Justice Committee

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

I rely on the hon. Gentleman to attend these statements, so that he can make that point, as he has done during every Justice Committee statement on the Floor of the House. He is right that, even...

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Justice Committee

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

The hon. Lady is also an assiduous member of the Committee, and I appreciate what she said about important respects in which the Government, without evidencing the reasons, have departed from...

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Justice Committee

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is an assiduous member of the Committee. In the same week that the Committee published this report, we published our report on the pre-appointment hearing for the new Judicial...

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Justice Committee

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

The hon. Member is right to mention that there was a dissenting report, which was not approved by the Committee. Other members may wish to raise that issue. From my point of view, it was...

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Justice Committee

18 Jun 2026

Commons debates

I thank the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this statement. The Courts and Tribunals Bill was introduced in February as a response to the Crown court crisis. There were over...

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Inland Waterways: Access

16 Jun 2026

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Access to Nature Green Paper includes provisions for increased public access to...

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Inland Waterways: Access

15 Jun 2026

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential economic contribution of recreational paddlesport to local economies; and what...

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Prisons: Palliative Care

11 Jun 2026

Ministry of Justice

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many prisons in England have undertaken voluntary self-assessment against the Dying Well in Custody Charter since 2024, and (b) what plans are...

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Progression of Bills through Parliament - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

08 Jun 2026

Westminster Hall debates

I am coming to that. I will not take up all my time, because I suspect that we all know each other’s minds on this matter and are unlikely to change them. We need another vote so that the...

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Progression of Bills through Parliament - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

08 Jun 2026

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) for his excellent opening speech. In the 21 years that I...

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Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding - [Gill Furniss in the Chair]

21 May 2026

Westminster Hall debates

I am grateful for that intervention. Many Members here will have local organisations that they help to signpost, champion and try to obtain funding for. What I am arguing for is something that is...

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Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding - [Gill Furniss in the Chair]

21 May 2026

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Furniss. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) on securing this important debate. May I also congratulate the Minister? This is...

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Family Courts

19 May 2026

Justice

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

One of the successes of the family justice system is the family mediation voucher scheme. Two thirds of families who use the scheme avoid going to court, which takes a lot of pressure off the...

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Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

18 May 2026

Debate on the Address

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for her intervention, and the answer is that there is a balance. We all want the Government to press on with all the wonderful things that they...

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Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

18 May 2026

Debate on the Address

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

That was a bit off-subject, so I will confine my comments to saying that, as usual, we are all disappointed by the official Opposition. We will leave it at that. Fortunately, the Justice...

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Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

18 May 2026

Debate on the Address

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a bit early, but all right.

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Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

18 May 2026

Debate on the Address

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

What an abrupt end that was. What a cliff-hanger! I want to speak briefly about the justice measures in the King’s Speech. Important Bills are being introduced or carried over, and it is...

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Youth Justice

18 May 2026

Commons debates

I welcome the White Paper, which shines a welcome light on an often-neglected part of the criminal justice system. The remarkable drop in the number of young people in custody, from a high of...

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Trade Agreements: Gulf States

28 Apr 2026

Department for Business and Trade

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed UK–Gulf Cooperation Council trade agreement on (a)...

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