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HANSARD Courts and Tribunals BillI 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.…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Courts and Tribunals BillThe 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,…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Courts and Tribunals BillMy 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…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Courts and Tribunals BillThe 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…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Courts and Tribunals BillI 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…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI 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…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentI 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…08 Jun 2026HANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentIt 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…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingIt 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…21 May 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingI 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…21 May 2026HANSARDFamily CourtsOne 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…19 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI 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…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthIt is a bit early, but all right.18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI 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,…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThat 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…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthWhat 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,…18 May 2026HANSARD Hammersmith BridgeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Alec, not least because you have allowed me the privilege of speaking although I was a couple of minutes late. I was…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI thank the Minister for agreeing to meet me and members of the safer knives group, which brings together experts on the type of knives most commonly used in knife crime. Does she…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourIt is a pleasure to talk about this very important matter under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I suspect there will be quite a degree of agreement across the House. The first thing…26 Mar 2026HANSARD Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourI thank my right hon. Friend for all the work that he and other Members present do in supporting the POA and making sure that its voice is heard. It is often the case with prisons…26 Mar 2026