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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)I intended to use part of the stand part debate to address some of the concerns from my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings about the impact on those…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)I can absolutely confirm that to my right hon. Friend. At the moment, we are talking about civil cases; he is absolutely right that those people could be witnesses in those, of…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)There are two points to make on that. First, the specific point about the Bill’s progress in the Lords is a matter for Lord Wolfson, who is an excellent Minister; I effectively…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)With respect, I think that does stray too far into the specifics of the measure. It was a nice try, but I was setting out the principle that technology has assisted access to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 19 provides for online procedure rules to be made in relation to civil, family or tribunal proceedings specified by the Lord Chancellor. It enables the Lord Chancellor to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 20 allows for provision to be made about the circumstances in which a party to proceedings may have a choice whether to use the online procedure or the appropriate…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The amendments in the group all relate to the membership of the new online procedure rule committee. The Bill provides for a committee of six members, of whom three are judicial…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)This amendment would make “the appointment of the authorised court and tribunal staff member to the Online Procedure Rules Committee subject to consultation with the Lord…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)To recap, clause 21 provides for the membership of the online procedure rules committee and its powers. It also includes the procedure for appointing members. The committee is to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 22 provides that the online procedure rules committee has the same rule-making powers that are available to the civil, family and tribunal rule committees. It will…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The amendments in this group all relate to the powers granted to the Lord Chancellor through the legislation. I start with amendment 92, which would require the regulations made…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)indicated dissent .16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)To recap, clause 23 enables the Lord Chancellor to alter the composition of the online procedure rules committee in the future, but only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 24 outlines the process for making online procedure rules, which mirrors the process by which civil procedure rules, family procedure rules and tribunal procedure rules are…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause gives the Lord Chancellor the power to require online procedure rules to be made. The Lord Chancellor may give the online procedure rule committee written notice that…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause gives the Lord Chancellor the power to make amendments to facilitate the making of online procedure rules. It is anticipated that it will be used to make minor…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause requires the Lord Chancellor to make provision for those who require digital support. HMCTS is moving towards digital services being the default, but we absolutely…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause details the powers of the Lord Chancellor to make consequential or supplementary amendments to legislation in relation to any other provision within chapter 2 in order…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)I propose to deal with clause 29 and schedule 4 together, as the clause simply gives effect to that schedule. Schedule 4 amends existing legislation as a result of the new online…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 30 explains what is meant by the concurrence requirement, which the Lord Chancellor is required by a number of the preceding clauses to fulfil when making regulations. The…16 Nov 2021