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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to be clear about the scope of this argument. Obviously, the least serious cases that take place in the context of public order would never get to the Crown anyway,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q One of the examples you gave was the Elbit case. The indictment there was an indictable-only offence. There were multiple charges, but the case contained an indictable-only…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)In the one that you cited. Tim Crosland: In the Ponting case?25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)No, not in the Ponting case. In the recent Elbit case. Tim Crosland: No, these were criminal damage cases.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q It was not purely criminal damage. There were indictable-only offences. That particular case would have still received a jury trial. Tim Crosland: There have been a number of…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q But the point is that low-level damage would receive a magistrates trial anyway. What I am talking about is the scope between us. We are talking about a threshold change…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q On your point about challenge, I do not think anyone in this room would dispute the importance of the right to protest. There is a difference where that breaks the law. The…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)It is a good question. Can you answer it? Tim Crosland: I want to talk particularly about cases where people are saying—like Clive Ponting and many activists did—that the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Sir Brian, I would be grateful if you would elaborate for the Committee on the point you made about cultural change. Your view, expressed in the report, is that you think that a…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q You made the point across both parts of your comprehensive review that what is needed to address the crisis in the system is a holistic package of reforms, rather than a pick…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q The Government are seeking to take forward your proposal, in the independent review of the criminal courts, on the introduction of a permission test for appeals from the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q My first question is for Professor Katrin Hohl. There are measures in the Bill that address the admissibility of evidence in RASSO cases. How will those measures ameliorate the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Claire Waxman, you have been asked repeatedly about this letter. We have a witness from Women’s Aid coming later who will no doubt talk to the same issue, but you were not given…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Thank you.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Let me echo the shadow Minister’s thanks to you for being here. I appreciate that you have spoken in Parliament on other occasions, but I do not underestimate what it takes to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I have one more question. It picks up on something that you said, Charlotte, but I am happy for others to comment if they have a view. As you have heard from previous witnesses,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Listing was just raised and, obviously, listing is not dealt with in the Bill; it is a judicial function. We have heard about some really good practices in Liverpool. Outside of…25 Mar 2026HANSARDBailiffsI join my hon. Friend in endorsing the work of StepChange, in particular, in this campaign. The indignity that she describes, which many suffer as a result of the abusive actions…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Renters Rights Act 2025 represents the biggest expansion of renters’ rights in a generation, but of course, rights are not worth the paper they are written on unless they are…17 Mar 2026HANSARDBailiffsAs much as we want to protect debtors, we also have to ensure that creditors who are owed money are able to recover those funds, whether they are small businesses or, indeed, the…17 Mar 2026