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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Professor Feldman, do you agree with that? Professor Feldman: I do. Subsections (8) and (9) have twin disadvantages. First, they try to create a presumption that something will…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Yes, that is the point. We have all been involved in emergency legislation from time to time. It is relatively rare, and it is something of an occasion, so in that sense it…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Do I take that to mean that the way the proposed new section is drafted could dissuade individuals from initiating judicial review proceedings, because they may not obtain a…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Finally, I will ask the same question that I asked the previous panel about ouster, and the Government’s comment in a press release that the “text that removes the Cart judgment…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)For either, or both. Professor Feldman: I will start then, if I may. I think there is a real difficulty about a provision of this kind being used as a template, because there are…02 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Clause 1 gives the courts a discretionary power to grant a full remedy to a claimant, but to limit the retrospective effects of the judgment for any other individual who has not…02 Nov 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceIt is a pleasure to see you chairing our proceedings, Sir George. I thank the Chair of the Justice Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), for…28 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) to his place and wish him well on his first outing for the Ministry of…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Betts. You paid tribute earlier to Sir David in another of his roles here, and it occurred to me as you were…19 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresI am listening very carefully to what the Minister says, but how does he explain the circumstances that I set out? I have just totted up in my head—I have half the number of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in AfghanistanAn Afghan family I saw at my surgery yesterday told me that a relative working with coalition forces had been literally blown to bits by the Taliban in a targeted assassination…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeWe have a large and thriving Afghan community in west London and I have been proud to get to know many of them in the past few decades as constituents and friends. Many came here…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeIn her statement on Monday, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins), said: “Family members of British…15 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskThat is absolutely right. It is a triple whammy. There is the fear of living in an unsafe building with one’s life potentially at risk; there are the huge, unaffordable costs I…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskI genuinely thank everybody who has contributed today, including the Front-Bench spokespeople, for the thoughtful, measured way in which these issues have been addressed. We are…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskThe hon. and learned Lady is coming to the end of her speech, but she is making a very strong point about the factors that are missing—the lacunae—in what the Government are…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskI agree with my hon. Friend. We are talking about very large sums of public money, but we are also talking about both a moral duty and resolving a practical problem, which we seem…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskThat is another excellent point. I realise I am being quite critical of social landlords. We have to be, because sometimes they fall down on their duty quite spectacularly, as the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskI beg to move, That this House has considered reducing fire risk in high rise social housing. It is a pleasure to be here under your chairship, Ms Rees, and to speak about the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskAs always, my hon. Friend is on top of her brief. That is a very important point that the Minister and shadow Minister may wish to address. Many people who looked at the Building…14 Sept 2021