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HANSARDOnline Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025I thank the noble Lord for his support. I am able to give him the assurances that he is looking for. He is right to say that the OPRC will continue to make rules as the use of…17 Mar 2025HANSARDCivil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025I thank the noble Lord for his comments, and I agree with the way he set out the objectives of raising fees. It is not the objective to make a profit on them. The vast bulk of…17 Mar 2025HANSARDCivil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Civil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025. Relevant document: 18th Report from the Secondary Legislation…17 Mar 2025HANSARDOnline Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025My Lords, this instrument will specify proceedings for which the Online Procedure Rule Committee can make rules. The OPRC, established under the Judicial Review and Courts Act…17 Mar 2025HANSARDOnline Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 18th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…17 Mar 2025HANSARDCivil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, this draft instrument makes a technical amendment to three court and tribunal fees to ensure that they can continue to be charged at their current level by His Majesty’s…17 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysI agree with the concluding sentence of the noble and learned Lord—there are indeed other problems which we need to face up to, and reducing the prison population is one of the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysWhat I can say is that I have been in meetings with the Permanent Secretary and the Lord Chancellor and I would not like to be on the wrong side of them when they are talking…11 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysYes, I agree with the points the noble Baroness makes. The aspiration is to move towards a greater proportion of offenders having pre-sentence reports before they are sentenced.…11 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysI thank the noble Lord for giving me notice of that question. I absolutely recognise the point on the importance of cases coming on in time. One hears far too many stories of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysMy Lords, first, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, to his current role. This is the first time I have encountered him speaking from the Dispatch Box. The Government…11 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy Lords, the Government are committed to tackling SLAPPs. Our immediate focus is on implementing the anti-SLAPP provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy Lords, the statutory definition of an economic crime SLAPP was within the previous Act, and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee has introduced rules. My honourable friend…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI do not know the answer to the noble Lord’s question, so I will write to him.06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationYes, I remember our previous exchange on this matter, and I have looked at the work done within the Council of Europe, the parliamentary assembly and its culture, media and sport…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI thank the noble Baroness for sending me a copy of that letter yesterday. The first point to make is that it is for the courts to decide whether a case is indeed a SLAPP. The…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI remember the interventions from the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, in the debates on that Act, in which I took part as well. I am going to give the noble Lord the same answer as I…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI was not aware of the point that the noble Lord has just made, but of course there is a balance to be struck between Article 6 rights of access to justice and Article 10 rights…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI absolutely recognise all the points my noble friend made in her question. We do not believe that this issue is slipping down the legislative agenda. We want to see how the 2023…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI thank the noble and learned Lord for that question, and I agree with the points he made. It is indeed true that non-disclosure agreements can be pernicious in themselves, and…06 Mar 2025