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HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemLet me be clear to my right hon. Friend. I was simply referring to the debate as a whole. I recognise that he referred to all parties; I was just putting in some balance because…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI certainly recognise it from what my right hon. and learned Friend said. I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) if I misinterpreted his…20 Jan 2022HANSARD European Court of Human RightsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Russia has already had quite a lot of mentions in the debate. I am sure that will continue on matters affecting the ECHR, but as I said,…19 Jan 2022HANSARD European Court of Human RightsAs ever, Madam Deputy Speaker, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair for the Adjournment debate, especially as you served on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTransgender PrisonersMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Just to be clear, the safety of all prisoners is of fundamental importance to the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and…12 Jan 2022HANSARDTransgender PrisonersTransgender women can be allocated to women’s prisons only following a rigorous risk assessment, with particular consideration given to the type of offence they have committed and…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Let me start by thanking all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions. Before turning to the specific points raised during the debate, I join other colleagues in…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Perhaps in the days without masks it would have been easier for me to tell whether my right hon. and learned Friend was actually intervening, but he is absolutely right. I can…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. As he knows, matters of parliamentary business are above my pay grade—a very humble and new one—but I hear his point, and I think he made it…05 Jan 2022HANSARDCourt Cases BacklogMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Since 2000, outstanding cases in the Crown court have never been below 30,000, so it is inherent in the criminal justice system that some…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support. He made the important point that the conventions underpin significant commercial relationships. I express the…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention (Amendment) Regulations 2022. It is a…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCourt Cases BacklogThe key point is that we have lifted and removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown court for the moment. In February 2010, the last comparable full month when the Labour…14 Dec 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Sentencing GuidelinesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. I congratulate her on championing those issues. Many hon. Members raise their harrowing cases of serious road traffic incidents at Justice…14 Dec 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Sentencing GuidelinesThe Government take road safety very seriously and I commend the hon. Lady for her campaign to tackle bad driving and improve road safety through, I believe, a parliamentary…14 Dec 2021HANSARDProtections for Shop WorkersMy right hon. Friend is a brilliant champion of his constituency. My message to those shop workers is that they may have received abuse from a tiny minority, but the overwhelming…14 Dec 2021HANSARDRape Cases: Conviction and Prosecution RatesThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. Given the location of her constituency she will be aware that the main pilot we will be holding for Operation Soteria is with Avon and…14 Dec 2021HANSARDShort Prison Sentences for WomenWe want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more managed in the community. We welcome the fact that, in the decade between 2010 and 2020, the female prison…14 Dec 2021HANSARDShort Prison Sentences for WomenThe hon. Gentleman speaks with great passion on this matter and I do understand where he is coming from, but that is precisely why we have put in place £46 million of wraparound…14 Dec 2021HANSARDShort Prison Sentences for WomenFirst, may I put on record that I am sad that the hon. Gentleman is standing down at the next general election? He has been very constructive in our engagements to date on these…14 Dec 2021