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HANSARDLegal Profession: Government CriticismI welcome the tone of the Attorney General’s remarks. Does she recognise that it lies in the hands of parliamentarians and legislators to correct faults in the system that are…05 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeMuch of what I was going to say has already been said, so I shall be as succinct as any lawyer can be in these circumstances. I too pay tribute to the effectiveness of the loan…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateThis is a welcome package from my right hon. Friend, particularly in relation to the self-employed, but I hope we will look again at some of the detail of the exclusions and…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a profound moment at which we are being asked knowingly to restrict the civil liberties of our fellow citizens to an unprecedented degree in peacetime, and knowingly and…04 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Rule of LawI welcome what the Lord Chancellor said about defending the legal profession and I join him in that. It is an honourable profession and I have always found that those I dealt with…03 Nov 2020HANSARDMinistry of Justice: Legal Aid SpendingEven I can’t be that short.22 Oct 2020HANSARDMinistry of Justice: Legal Aid SpendingI beg to move, This this House has considered the spending of the Ministry of Justice on legal aid. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair today, Mr Robertson, and to move this…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economy UpdateThe Chancellor’s measures will be welcomed by the hospitality sector in London, although I hope he might have a word with the Health Secretary about the point of a 10 pm curfew if…22 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend recognised earlier the importance of, if at all possible, obtaining continuing arrangements for security co-operation and access to the very important…19 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsA number of my constituents are receiving letters out of the blue saying that the Child Maintenance Service is writing off unpaid payments as part of a review of historical debt.…19 Oct 2020HANSARDChild Maintenance Service: EffectivenessI am sorry to say that the Minister’s words do not sit with the experience of some of my constituents, who feel that the Child Maintenance Service has failed them in pursuing…19 Oct 2020HANSARDChild Maintenance Service: EffectivenessWhat recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in collecting child maintenance.19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy right hon. Friend makes a fair point in that regard. The DPP would be entitled to do that as a matter of course, using the public interest test that would ordinarily apply. We…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWould my right hon. Friend care to reflect that a number of us in London regard it as neither targeted, nor proportionate, nor appropriate to use a London-wide average in so large…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI am glad that my right hon. Friend is making such a powerful speech, mentioning not only Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington but the late Sir Desmond de Silva, whom some of us knew…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), and I very much agree with a great deal of what he has said. I hope the Minister will be…15 Oct 2020HANSARDLord Chancellor’s Oath and the Rule of LawIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair again, Mr Twigg, and to follow the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry). I have great respect for her as a…14 Oct 2020HANSARDLord Chancellor’s Oath and the Rule of LawLord Faulks is a fellow bencher of the Middle Temple and a distinguished lawyer. That does not mean that one always has to agree with everything that he says. It would not be fair…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]The right hon. Gentleman is making an important point. Is there not a further difficulty in that the Crown dependencies have jurisdiction over their territorial waters, so for us…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend does know this, because she was a great servant of the Justice Committee when she was a member: it is not just a question of continuing discussions. As things…13 Oct 2020