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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)It does seem to be a bit of a feature of this Bill. When we were dealing with clause 2, we heard that the abolition of the Cart judicial review was to be a template for other…09 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)If the hon. Gentleman is seeking an intervention, I will provide him with one. The hon. Member for Ipswich said that Cart cases were a small number of cases, and even if they were…09 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I think the Minister makes my point for me. I deliberately quoted Professor Feldman because, yes, he did see some merit in the proposals of Cart, but he went on to warn about the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 2, page 3, line 19, at end insert— “(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), subsections (2) and (3) shall not apply where the party refused…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I always defer to the electorate of Burnley, all of whom, I am sure, had a copy of the Conservative manifesto. I will come back to the hon. Member’s question, because I first want…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Gentleman is being very sharp this morning, because he is always one point ahead of me. I am coming to exactly that in discussing how these provisions were formulated,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Everything has a cost—it is a question of whether it is a reasonable cost. Unfortunately, we have seen the justice system of this country and every aspect of the budget of the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I do understand, and I think that quite a lot of our witnesses understood that as well and could balance the relatively small numbers and the particular provision for Cart, which…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful for that intervention, and I hope from what I have said, and from many of the interventions by hon. Friends, that it is clear that what we are most concerned about…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out from “order” to the end of line 9. This amendment removes the statutory power for courts to award prospective…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Mark. I hope that we will have some interesting debates over the next few weeks. I also welcome the Minister…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes exactly the right point. He did not hear me paying tribute to him when he was temporarily detained elsewhere. I am pleased that, as an…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I absolutely agree. It is an important part of those constitutional checks and balances, and it has become more important. In a country without a written constitution, it is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend has put her finger on the main objection, but it is not the only objection. It will cause a great deal of confusion, and I do not think the courts will like it.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I am not persuaded by that. I do not want to disagree with the eminent professor, but I am tempted to say, “Two professors, three opinions”, and we had at least six professors. I…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)It is not unique to this Government to be found wanting or to be challenged by the courts in such a way. Other Governments have not found favour with the courts and may have…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Much of the evidence suggests that the public are quite sophisticated about this. They see that all Governments make mistakes, get caught out and have to change their minds. In…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful for that quote from Dr Morgan, which is far more learned and eloquent than anything I can come up with. His evidence was very measured and showed nothing other than…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention, and I think she is following my argument. What I am trying to do through a series of case studies—some hypothetical, some that are…04 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Yes, and I am grateful for that reminder. I have a little more to say on the Stonehenge case and I will mention one other case that is familiar to Members. However, my hon. Friend…04 Nov 2021