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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q To return to something you said in answer to the shadow Minister, how effective do you think the prisoner escort and custody service is? Daniel Flury: I think we all agree that…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)I am, because you are doing away with them in certain cases. Given the efficiencies, can you remind me why juries are a good thing in any case? Clement Goldstone: We have already…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Goldstone, given the efficiencies you see in doing away with juries in this number of cases— Clement Goldstone: You are using that phrase again.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)He is not a journalist, though; he is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. Lord Burnett of Maldon: Let me give you a sense of how we had to deal with this when we got through covid.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q What about in the criminal context? Doug Downey: In the criminal context, it is not something that we have broached. I would have to have that conversation with my federal…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)I would like to hear your view. Clement Goldstone: Because of the involvement of the public and the right of the person to be tried by his or her peers—but something has to give.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Legacy of the PastI will now move on to consider the Government’s response to the more salient recommendations made by the Select Committee. Turning first to the treatment of sexual offences, the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Legacy of the PastIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing this debate. I begin by warmly acknowledging…19 Mar 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseCriterion Capital has recently embarked on a series of mass no-fault evictions in my borough of Merton, including Emerald House in my constituency. It is a shameless attempt to do…12 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingNotwithstanding my liberal instincts, I too agree with the Home Secretary’s decision to prohibit this march given Iran’s targeting of UK nationals abroad and our allies overseas.…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastI applaud the Prime Minister’s judgment in this matter. I am in contact with British nationals trapped in a hotel in Qatar who are seeing missiles passing overhead, with more than…02 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ6. The Prime Minister recently stated:“we will not allow the powerful to treat justice as optional.” He was talking about Epstein’s enablers, but one of my constituents, who uses…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEconomic Impact of Government PoliciesThe Windsor framework was meant to give Northern Ireland the best of both worlds: unfettered access to the UK internal market and barrier-free access to the EU. Not so, according…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationYes, in other words, it is for our Government to stand up for our international obligations. Hon. Members should look about them; look at what is happening at the moment with…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe Government have a choice to make: whether to stand up for our international obligations. That is the right thing to do. At this time, of all times, surely we should stand up…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationWe have a greater percentage, I think the hon. Gentleman will find— [ Interruption. ] I did say that.21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationListen to what I said.21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationWe need more gravity in the House than this. The grandstanding, the jocularity, the jokes—this is not the way to approach such a serious situation.21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationNo, I will not give way.21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationNo. Now it is just grandstanding, and I will not give in to more of that.21 Jan 2026