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HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) for securing this hugely important urgent question. As we stand here today, the situation in Afghanistan is more…12 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI would like to start by thanking the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for convening this debate, and Members on both sides of the House for their…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI thank the Secretary of State for her warm words as I take up this post. I am also grateful for advance sight of her statement and for the briefing that she has given me on Privy…06 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI welcome the Minister’s comments. It is important at moments such as these that we send the united message from all sides of this House that the UK is resolute in our support for…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you very much, Mr Speaker. The deaths of 27 people should have acted as a sobering moment for the British and French Governments. These were human beings, not migrants, but…30 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThree months ago, the Prime Minister promised to “shift heaven and earth” to help evacuate Afghans in danger, yet many have been left behind, including female judges, as I first…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCrown Court BacklogI am glad to see the Minister come to the aid of the Secretary of State, but he has not answered whether it is a year, eight years or 2025. The Secretary of State told Sky News…09 Nov 2021HANSARDCrown Court BacklogOn 5 October, the Secretary of State said it would take up to 12 months to get the backlog down to pre-pandemic levels. Yet we know now, according to the Ministry of Justice’s own…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillMy hon. Friend’s championing of these issues is so important. The cupboard has been stripped bare and a real crisis is emerging, with vast legal aid deserts across the country.…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillMy hon. Friend rightly raises the Hillsborough families, and she knows that, just like the Grenfell families, they have relied on judicial review. She raises that in relation to…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman in his oration, because he was getting into his groove, but I would just say to him that it was dropped—it was never enacted, so poor it…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThat is one reflection among many who sit on the other side of the debate, including those who have looked into this matter in great detail. Why are the Government still pushing…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillIt goes to the fundamental principle in our justice system of trying to have equality of arms. That is why the Bill is of so much concern.26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI have not reflected on that statement very much. I was reminded recently of the importance of judicial review by the infamous “Judge over your shoulder” leaflet, which has been…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI begin by congratulating the right hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Dominic Raab) on his promotion to the office of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. I look…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. That ought to be a principle across the House, not a party political issue. To return to the review of administrative law that the Government…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThe hon. and learned Lady’s point has so much merit. No Governments enjoy judicial review, but the point when in government is to be bigger than that. I say to the Secretary of…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillAccording to the devolved settlement, that must be the case. Perhaps the Secretary of State or the Minister will address that. “Judicial review is a cornerstone of British…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes his point very well. He is absolutely right. In each of the cases that I mentioned, judicial review was able to correct a wrong decision by the…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Criminal Justice System: Families Bereaved by Public DisastersI would like to start by saying, in my 21 years in Parliament, what a privilege it has been to participate in this very important debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for…16 Sept 2021