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Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

That is exactly the point that I somewhat briefly alluded to; I am glad that my hon. Friend outlined it in more detail. The Government really must address that before the Bill concludes its...

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

Not yet; I am conscious of the time. The removal of the right to elect for either way offences in clause 1 is the single most significant measure in reducing the caseload of the Crown court, with...

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

The number of outstanding cases in the Crown court is 79,619. The outgoing Conservative Government promised to reduce the backlog; it should have been 53,000 by April last year. Their abject...

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74744 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States,...

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74747 on Western Sahara: Visits Abroad, whether the...

Homelessness: Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of Critical Time Intervention programmes for local...

Question

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart to Bahrain on (a) the protection of the rights of and (b) access...

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has set a timeline for publication of legislation to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition...

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and provide...

Court Reporting Data

Commons debates

It is a pity that the shadow Minister is reducing this issue to one of his conspiracy theories, because I know that the Minister is an advocate of open justice, and the Government are doing a lot...

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement proportionate regulation of third-party litigation funding agreements in this parliament.

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Genocide Risk Assessment

Commons debates

Given what Minister said about adherence to international law, will he just put on the record why the Government have not responded to the advisory opinion of the ICJ for over 18 months now? Is...

Jury Trials

Solicitor General

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Now we have Sir Brian Leveson’s full review, it is clear that very few of the 180 recommendations relate to jury trials. The most controversial is really the use of a single judge in the...

Water Bills

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the Minister have plans to introduce a national social tariff? It was not in the recent White Paper, but Independent Age, which is a national charity based in my constituency, estimates that...

Topical Questions

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State will shortly make a statement on violence in separation centres. I apologise that I will not be here for it as the Select Committee has a long-planned court visit, but I...

Changes to Jury Trials

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

There is a lot of focus on replacing juries with a single judge in some criminal trials, but the Government also intend to increase magistrates’ sentencing powers, so that they can give...

Prison Capacity: Annual Statement

Commons debates

The prison population is comprised in significant part of cohorts of prisoners who, for a variety of reasons, should not be there in current numbers. That includes prisoners serving indeterminate...

Water White Paper

Commons debates

Last night, a 30-inch water main burst at Holland Park roundabout on the boundary of my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell). Homes and...

After Clause 19 - Court transcripts of sentencing remarks

Sentencing Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I apologise that I was not here for the Minister’s opening speech; I was chairing the Justice Committee. I do not think that matters, though, because I agree with him on the amendments....

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Again, I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is also a very assiduous member of the Committee, and I want to finish on a positive note. In this report, we inevitably concentrated on the problems...