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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q May I press you on that? It sounds to me that your answer is that legal aid for bereaved families in such inquests may not be necessary, even if it was desirable. However, these…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q Except that in some cases there will be pro bono representation, or there may be privately paid representation. Is this a level playing field? I am talking about the minority of…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Mr Leiper, am I okay to ask you about employment tribunals? Richard Leiper: You can.02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q Our notes say that I can, so I will have a try. Do you welcome the provisions in clauses 32 to 36? Do you see any problems with them, or are they mainly administrative? Richard…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a couple of questions for Louise Finer, first on the clauses on coroners. What is your view of those, particularly clauses 37 to 39, on discontinuance of investigation,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, Chair, just for completeness. This panel probably expected to deal primarily with part 1 of the Bill, so this question is for any of the witnesses, but I am guessing that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q It looks like it moves responsibility from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Ministry of Justice, making adjustments to the procedural rules so…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I would just like to clarify some points that came up this morning about this issue. It has been said several times that with Cart reviews, there is an extra bite of the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q You are talking on a fairly high level here—I think Professor Ekins mentioned “heart of the constitution” cases, which are obviously very sexy to talk about—whereas most of the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I guess it is because they were industrial tribunals to begin with, so they were in the industry Department. We have discussed coroners, but could we take this opportunity to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q One other question. It appears that you heard Mr Rebello’s evidence, and you will know that I asked about some of the other recommendations of the Justice Committee, in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I will ask one more very quick question. Is there anything else in the Justice Committee report that you would like to see incorporated in the Bill? Perhaps list it rather than…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Chair, I was going to ask about judicial review, but I understand I will have time at the end.02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q Given the time, I will ask one broad question in two parts, if I may. First, we have heard some very strong opinions, on both sides, on the provisions for suspended orders and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)I am a non-practising barrister.02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, gentlemen. I think this is supposed to be a more general session on judicial review, although we also have one eye on what is in the Bill. Lord Faulks, the chair…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Any of the witnesses.02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Can I follow up on that before the other witnesses come in? Are you saying that, if any amendment is needed, the correct response would be a sort of tit-for-tat response—that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q I have seen the paper you have written on that. It does appear to imply a sort of ping-pong effect, where you see what the courts do one day and we here do it another day.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q I do have one other question on ouster but, Dr Morgan, just before we leave clause 1, you mentioned a presumption. Do I take it from what you have said already that you are…02 Nov 2021