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HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonYes. My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are investing in new roles, such as prison employment leads and a head of education, skills and work, to give our prisoners the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and gives some key examples. The employability innovation fund announced in our prisons strategy White Paper will help prisoners to build more…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsRather like the answer earlier, I would refer the hon. Gentleman to answers I gave earlier. I have extensively outlined the position on the Bill of Rights.18 Oct 2022HANSARDHuman RightsI will say two things. First, we want to ensure that we have protection of freedom of speech, as in some areas we are seeing a sad increase in the cancel culture and, importantly,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkWe have boosted the system with additional investment and engagement with the Criminal Bar Association. I welcome its constructive engagement and that of the Bar Council, which…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We want to get more prisoners the skills and qualifications that they need to get into employment and have the chance to contribute to society,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDHuman RightsYes. SLAPPs, as they are referred to, are an abuse of the legal system involving people using legal threats and litigation to silence journalists, campaigners and public bodies.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkIn the classic phrase, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the remarks I have made many times already in the last few minutes.18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we said earlier, getting on top of that core backlog, which has obviously gone up as a result of pressures, is an absolutely key piece of work for us. People sometimes forget…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady rightly says, that report has been published. We are considering it and we will respond in due course.18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkMy hon. and learned Friend makes an important point, and from the Dispatch Box I congratulate the Chair of the Justice Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDHuman RightsThe Government stand by their manifesto commitment to update the Human Rights Act 1998. Obviously we want to look at the best way to do this and we are therefore looking again at…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy immediate priority on becoming Justice Secretary was to end the disruptive strike action that was delaying justice in our criminal courts. I am pleased that the Criminal Bar…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkI join the hon. Gentleman in congratulating the new president of the Law Society. I look forward to working closely with her, as I do with other parts of the criminal justice…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkI am not sure many people would class 9% as “only”, but that also does not reflect some of the other investments that solicitors will benefit from, particularly the substantial…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The reality is that all lawyers, barristers and solicitors want to be working for the benefit of their clients and to ensure that victims…18 Oct 2022HANSARDHuman RightsIt did not take long to get on to a separatist debate in oral questions today, but as I have said, we are looking at the Bill of Rights. Actually, the Government have consulted…18 Oct 2022HANSARDHuman RightsOn the hon. Lady’s opening remark, one thing that was not clear from the questions asked is that we have to ensure we are cracking down on the people who are abusing the system…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI always make it a priority to ensure that I am working with Committees. I will very happily have a look at that report. I am happy to talk to the hon. Member and his co-chairman…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Legal AidSince I became Lord Chancellor, I have been keen to resolve the dispute with the Criminal Bar Association, in order get the criminal justice system working again. To that end, my…12 Oct 2022