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HANSARDDuty Solicitors: EnglandI am grateful, as ever, to the Chair of the Justice Committee. He may have seen that on Friday I published an article in the Law Society Gazette where I said that now that we have…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLammy ReviewWe have implemented almost all the actions that we committed to in response to the Lammy review and our work continues on the longer-term recruitment targets for HMPPS. That work…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLammy ReviewThe hon. Lady makes a fair point. We obviously want to be held to account, and I am more than happy to write to her with further details of the progress that we are making. To…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have just made absolutely clear, as a result of our consultation we will be increasing access to legal aid. Two million more people will have access to civil legal aid, 3…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. and learned Friend has made an extremely good point. He is aware of the article to which I referred in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making a significant investment in additional funding for legal aid in immigration cases. I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the full details of that important…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that magistrates are the backbone of our criminal justice system. When the pandemic hit, output completely collapsed in the magistrates courts,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSexual Offences: Delays to TrialsI can confirm, as the hon. Gentleman is aware, that our consultation on the means test threshold would result in 2 million more people having access to legal aid in civil cases…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSexual Offences: Delays to TrialsI am grateful to the hon. Lady. She talks about the backlog being a problem before the pandemic, but I have to point out to her that the backlog was lower going into the pandemic…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLammy ReviewIt would appear that it happens whenever I am speaking, Mr Speaker. I do not know if it is personal. I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that important question. As I said, I will…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemWe are investing £1.3 billion in transforming the justice system, including by introducing 21st-century technology and online services to modernise the courts. Digital reforms and…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemMy hon. Friend asks an important question. I can confirm that on 16 June, the Government published their response to the “Considering the case for a Housing Court” call for…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. We have to understand that when the pandemic hit, it presented the greatest challenge to collective access to justice for many decades.…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemI am grateful to the right hon. Lady. Further to the question of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner), I can confirm that I have met the chair of the Criminal…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemOn the hon. Member’s first point, I have provided a written answer, which I will happily forward to him—I cannot remember if the question was from him—in which the existing…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemIf the hon. Member writes to me, I will be more than happy to get my officials to look into that historical case.05 Jul 2022HANSARDCourts SystemI am grateful to my hon. Friend, as ever. What the Bellamy review said was that the increases should be delivered as soon as is practicable, and I am 100% certain that we are…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I congratulate the Petitions Committee and the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing the debate.…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCriminal Legal AidIn December the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid made clear the need for fee reform. Among a number of recommendations, the review called for an immediate pay increase of…30 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackI will give way to the hon. Member for Easington.28 Jun 2022