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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. We are all here because we recognise that the current state of our criminal courts is untenable. Complainants and…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. If you will indulge me, Dr Huq, I want to congratulate the hon. Member for Rugby on the news that he has been appointed as a…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)My new clause 24 and new clause 18 in the name of the hon. Member for Chichester seek to achieve a similar outcome. Although there is broad agreement that the backlog is a…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)As I have alluded to several times, the Conservative party is considering more broadly how we tackle judicial accountability in all its different elements. It would be premature…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI refer the hon. Member to the words of Mr Speaker earlier. It is the Speaker who decides whether a privilege motion goes ahead. The hon. Member is criticising Mr Speaker for…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have just one remark to make. I draw the Committee’s attention to the submission we received from the circuit in Wales. Clause 25 is about the territorial extent of the Bill,…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise to speak briefly in support of the new clause. Whenever we talk about narrowed elements of a transcript, I always think to myself that, in giving these remarks, the judge…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)I intervened when the Minister said she thought that extending sitting hours would make things worse. When I asked her to explain that, she then said that she thought the benefit…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)I wish to speak briefly in support of the principle that different approaches to case management and ways of working are making a difference in a number of areas. The Committee…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister opened her remarks by saying that the scheme applies only to certain cases in the Crown court. The point that the Opposition make is that it will no longer apply to…28 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees (Amendment) Order 2026Let us say that a landlord proposes to put someone’s rent up by £100 a month, and that it might take two months for the case to be heard in tribunal. They are therefore going to…27 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Carry-over)Let me say at the outset that the Opposition continue to support the broad aims of the Bill, as we have done throughout its passage. We recognise the importance of candour,…27 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Maintenance Payments: Non-compliance7. Whether he plans to introduce curfew orders for parents who are non-compliant with child maintenance payments.27 Apr 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response UpdateI politely say that the Minister’s overly sincere, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth act is beginning to wear thin—the way he suggests that the process he is going through has not…27 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Maintenance Payments: Non-complianceEvery year, millions of pounds of child maintenance go unspent, not including deductions for money hidden away and parents who pretend they cannot work. As far as I am concerned,…27 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees (Amendment) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison, and to respond on behalf of the Opposition in this Delegated Legislation Committee. It might seem that this is a…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)Will the Secretary of State give way?27 Apr 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)Does my hon. Friend agree that any Government Member, including Ministers, who wants to be taken seriously by armed forces personnel needs to condemn the remarks of Lord Hermer…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)The Secretary of State will have to work extremely hard to secure the trust of veterans on both sides of this argument. If he cannot clearly condemn what are clearly outrageous…27 Apr 2026