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HANSARD 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: RecoveryI refer the hon. Lady exactly to my response to the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), who asked a question in very similar terms. The hon. Lady is…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: RecoveryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Can I reassure him that, having looked into that particular issue, thankfully no cases are actually being listed in 2023? We have listings…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 2020HANSARDJusticeThe right hon. Gentleman is wrong on all fronts. First, we secured an extra £80 million of funding from the Treasury to deal specifically with covid court recovery. That came on…09 Nov 2020HANSARDJusticeThe right hon. Gentleman is wrong on all fronts. First, we secured an extra £80 million of funding from the Treasury to deal specifically with covid court recovery. That came on…09 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises a very serious case in her constituency, and I am sure that her colleagues in the Scottish Government, who of course have always had responsibility for these…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawNaturally, I do not disclose the details of private conversations I have with Cabinet colleagues, but they, and everybody else who cares to listen, should be in no doubt that I…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawThe hon. Lady is eliding two issues. I was talking in early September about the United Kingdom (Internal Market) Bill. Since then, the Government made important concessions in…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawThe right hon. Gentleman will know that on two occasions in public forums, I have made my defence of lawyers very clear and made it clear that physical and verbal attacks and the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawAs I said in response to the previous question, I do not disclose details of discussions I have with Cabinet colleagues. However, I can reassure the hon. Gentleman and everybody…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawThe Chair of the Justice Committee puts the matter into its fullest context. Sadly, from Shakespeare onwards, and probably before, lawyers have come in for criticism. The question…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawI am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for the way in which she put her question, but I have to repeat again that it would be invidious of me to repeat private conversations.…03 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawI can assure the hon. and learned Lady that the information about the serious allegations about the attack has been communicated to the appropriate Ministers and that everything…03 Nov 2020HANSARDReducing ReoffendingReoffending is a complex issue, so we need to take a wide-ranging approach. That is why we will invest £20 million in the prison leavers project to test new solutions. We are also…03 Nov 2020HANSARDReducing ReoffendingMy hon. Friend, who has considerable experience of the justice system in a former capacity, is right to highlight the work of organisations such as the Gelder Group and its great…03 Nov 2020HANSARDReducing ReoffendingMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Without that specialist support, there is a real problem that such matters might become counterproductive. Nottingham Knockers-type…03 Nov 2020