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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...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

First, I am pleased that my hon. Friends are making links with their prisons. I hope all Members who have a prison will visit it regularly; I had the Scrubs in my patch for 20 years. I am also...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

This is my hon. Friend’s area of expertise. I mentioned the recommendations of Dame Carol Black, who is widely recognised as one of the best experts in this area; successive Governments...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

As always, the hon. Gentleman gets to the heart of the matter. That statistic he quoted for the number of people who develop a drug habit in prison—they go in there clean, and come out with...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I am glad that my hon. Friend has seen some progress being made at HMP Wandsworth, and today we have the publication of the independent investigation there. Staff are working incredibly hard, and...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Where prisoners are caught taking drugs through testing—we have said that we want testing increased—they need to be punished, but they also need to be offered treatment. We called for...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Like the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Shastri-Hurst), my hon. Friend is a very active member of the Committee, and I thank him for making that point. A lot of people would say,...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I think it is particularly demoralising for prison staff and governors to see drones coming and going almost casually. The point I often make is that if this was happening around civil airports...