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HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationMy portfolio is quite large, but I am not in charge of parliamentary business. However, I am sure that those who are in charge of it are listening to this debate. The Government…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationMy hon. Friend has a number of concerns relating to family justice that I am happy to have talked to him about over recent months. This Bill was about female genital mutilation,…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am grateful for the opportunity to respond to those points. Under this Prime Minister, the Government have taken a number of actions over several years to ensure that the…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI hear what the right hon. Gentleman says, and I understand that the measure has cross-party support. When the Government introduce a Bill, I look forward to its swift passage…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments and for being in the Chamber for the private Member’s Bill on Friday. His comments have been heard.11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationWhat we do know is that there are victims of female genital mutilation in the UK, where FGM is being carried out. In November 2018, the Department for International Development…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI can confirm that we will shortly bring forward a Bill in Government time, and I look forward to the cross-party support that I am very pleased to see today and that I…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Often we change the law, but what is really important is that we change the culture. That is why the Government are spending sums…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationThat is also an important point, because laws need to be implemented and be a matter for a number of other agencies, including the Crown Prosecution Service, to look at in taking…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018I will just finish these points. The hon. Member for Ashfield suggested that the justice system needed more money. Mr Gray, you were right to point out that this debate is on a…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018I do apologise, Mr Gray. The JCSI is the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, and the SLSC is the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in the House of Lords. I am…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018The points that the Joint Committee has made are legal ones. It claims that the Lord Chancellor does not have the power to make this provision, but we say that he absolutely does.…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018I cannot give the hon. Lady an answer to a question that ranges beyond this SI, but the matter has been through the House of Lords. A fatal motion was tabled on the back of the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole and the hon. Member for Ashfield for their thoughtful submissions. I am grateful for the engagement I…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018That is an interesting point. The figure was higher the last time the proposal was before Parliament—£20,000 for the top fee, rather than the current proposal of £6,000—but the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018As I mentioned, the changes that the Government are making were considered previously in Committee and were well documented in the press, and points on the matter have been put to…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018Of course, the charity sector plays a vital role in supporting those in need. The order will not affect the amount paid out to charities when there is a fixed bequest rather than…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am pleased that all Members are listening intently. A number of SIs set out reciprocity with the EU, but in most others, where we are taking ourselves away from EU laws, we are…06 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Like the hon. Gentleman, I am eager to serve and do my duty, to ensure that our laws are worthy of the citizens we serve. I am grateful to him for serving on this very important…06 Feb 2019