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HANSARDPrisons StrategyAnyone who takes justice issues seriously will welcome this statement and these initiatives, and I congratulate the Minister on what she has announced. I might also observe that…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe Minister rightly refers to the improvements in the service justice system, which we all recognise. However, as I understand it, the service justice system does not have some…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe Minister rightly refers to Sir Richard Henriques’ report. Sir Richard is someone for whom I have great regard. My hon. Friend will also know that, prior to that, there was a…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe Minister is being most generous with his time, for which I thank him profoundly. He will know that the author of this amendment is the noble Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Margaret…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThose statistics bear out a significant concern that also exists in the civilian jurisdiction. There is a disparity in parallel authorities between victims and perpetrators. Does…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillMay I make a few very short points to amplify those things that I mentioned in the course of interventions? Overall, this is a very good Bill. I respect and entirely accept the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. I refer to my interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on stroke and as the husband of a stroke survivor.Mechanical thrombectomy can be a game-changer for…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose—22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillCan my hon. Friend help me on two short matters? Can he give us an assurance that there will be no adverse impact on local government financing in relation to this, and that he…22 Nov 2021HANSARDRape Conviction RatesI welcome the Solicitor General to his place for his first departmental questions. He brings massive personal experience to cases of this kind and has prosecuted exactly these…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Touring Musicians: EU Visas and PermitsI am grateful to the right hon. and learned Lady for securing this debate. I declare my interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on opera. She has referred to…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Touring Musicians: EU Visas and PermitsMy hon. Friend makes such an important point. We forget just how significant the status of British artists is in the opera field—not only the leading stars, such as he refers to,…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Autism and Neurodiversity Research Fundingrose —16 Nov 2021HANSARD Autism and Neurodiversity Research FundingMy right hon. and learned Friend is making the case most powerfully and demonstrating, as other hon. Members have said, why it is a tragedy that he is not still on the Front…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCrown Court BacklogLast week, the Justice Committee visited the Crown court in Manchester and met the recorder, His Honour Judge Dean QC, and the rest of the judiciary. We also met court staff and…09 Nov 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceI am grateful to the Minister for his response and the way he raised it, as I am to all Members who participated in the debate. I take on board some of the things the Minister…28 Oct 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceIt is pretty fundamental, is it not? At the end of the day, if the purpose of the inquest to determine the cause of death, the most important bit of the evidence in that respect…28 Oct 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceThat is a perfectly fair point. We have all had experience and seen a great deal of evidence of that. The more potentially sensitive the issue, the more that is likely. Let us be…28 Oct 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceGarston and Halewood. The hon. Lady has played such an important role in the debate and has raised the issue—I know she will do so again today —of inquests into major disasters,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceI beg to move, That this House has considered the First Report of the Justice Committee, The Coroner Service, HC 68, and the Government response, HC 675. It is a pleasure to serve…28 Oct 2021