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HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI am grateful to my hon. Friend. First, with regard to a multi-year settlement, it would not be right for me to prejudge what the decision of the Chancellor might be on that. The…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. and learned Lady raised three distinct issues, which I will deal with in turn. First, with regard to obligations to victims of sexual offences, I can reassure her that…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He is right to say that, while covid has been a huge challenge for all of us, we have learned many things about the way in which the parts of the…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryMy hon. Friend knows that coupled with the action we took to deal with possession applications was action to deal with enforcement matters to ensure that evictions could not take…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Lady will know that, in some instances, we have been able to do that. There are other instances where the buildings are no longer in the control or ownership of HMCTS,…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Lady is right to raise the vital role of court security staff, and indeed all staff who look after the interests of witnesses and victims of crime. She will be glad to…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryMy hon. Friend is right to raise an issue that causes real concern and pain to many families. She will be glad to know that waiting times have improved in each of the last few…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI have not had the direct experience that I know the hon. Gentleman has, but I have indeed had family experience of the Court of Protection, and I feel acutely responsible to make…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Gentleman will appreciate that, for clear constitutional reasons, it would not be right for me to direct the judiciary. I assure him, by repeating the answer that I gave…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. She will know that the range of support we give involves the child victims of sexual crime, whether male or female. In the past year, we…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who takes a great interest in Medomsley, in his constituency, and all those who work in it. He is right to press the Government for more…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Lady is right to quote me, because I do believe in local initiative and I have seen it in action from HMCTS staff, who know the buildings, in which some of them have…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her concern about children in the system. She will know that there are existing protocols applied by the courts to ensure that cases involving…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI can assure the hon. Lady that, as set out in the terms of reference for the independent review of administrative law, the principle of judicial review and its importance in our…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Lady will know that we have had to make some very difficult choices, bearing in mind the unprecedented recourse to public funds placed upon us as a result of the covid…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe hon. Lady will be glad to know that the increase in victims funding continues, with an in-year increase of £15 million, which was separate from the covid funding that we have…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI will not repeat what I said with regard to investment and case levels in employment tribunals, but I assure my hon. Friend that the extra funding we have had in year means that…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryNo, it certainly does not. The hon. Gentleman is, I am afraid, wrong when he talks about the figure of 266. What that was about was courtrooms. In fact, it was 250 courtrooms to…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who I know takes a particular interest in this matter. He is right to pay tribute to the magistracy and, indeed, to highlight the recruitment…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI thank my hon. Friend for taking such an interest in the magistrates’ retirement age. I undertake to work in a way that means we may dovetail our separate efforts with regard to…03 Dec 2020