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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillNo, I am moving Amendment 2. Amendment 221 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, a Cart judicial review is where the High Court can, in exceptional circumstances, review a decision of the Upper Tribunal to refuse permission to appeal a decision by…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I agree with the opening remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Marks—I too enter this discussion with some trepidation. I will first set out the Labour Party’s overall view,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, it is clear we will return to a number of issues on Report. But for this evening, I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 16.21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I want to comment on Amendment 23 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. The amendment retains the Cart supervisory jurisdiction but bars “any appeal…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I open by noting that my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti said that Amendment 14, to which I have my name, is a probing amendment and I think that she rightly said it is…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, just to put the record straight, it is right that David Lammy said that when he was in a previous position. However, what he says now is that he…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak to my various amendments quite briefly, because while the detail of the amendments has not been covered, the overall debate around quashing orders has.…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I open by welcoming back to this House my noble friend Lord Hacking. He last spoke in this House on the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill. I thought I might read…07 Feb 2022HANSARDCriminal Justice: Royal CommissionMy Lords, a significant proportion of people on community sentences report having mental health or drug addiction issues, yet very few of those community sentences include mental…07 Feb 2022HANSARDPower of AttorneyMy Lords, I too would like to acknowledge the lifetime’s work done by the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross. There are things we take for granted until we no longer have them: our…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSocial Welfare Law Cases: Legal AidMy Lords, it is 10 years since the LASPO Act came into force, which so dramatically reduced legal aid funding. The Government’s review of LASPO, published in February 2019,…01 Feb 2022HANSARDData Protection: Immigration ExemptionMy Lords, we last debated this on 19 January and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for bringing this Take Note Motion to the House. To put it on the record, in 2018 the Labour…31 Jan 2022HANSARDCompetition Appeal Tribunal (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2022My Lords, we too support these measures. It seems entirely sensible that they should continue, as they seem to have been operating satisfactorily during the various lockdowns we…25 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I too would like to echo the thanks for the Minister. He has, in a sense, been a lobbyist within the Ministry of Justice to get this modest amendment over the line. The…25 Jan 2022HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2022We support the amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and thank the Minister for introducing so comprehensively the details of the changes proposed. Just to remind the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDRape TrialsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the proportion of rape allegations that go to trial.25 Jan 2022HANSARDRape TrialsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. I will just remind the House how appalling the statistics are: only 1.6% of reported rape allegations result in a court case. As…25 Jan 2022HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022Yes, that is exactly what I meant.19 Jan 2022