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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I would have sent it round anyway.18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I do not want to labour this point, but it is safe to say that the Minister is absolutely right. It is a matter of balance, which is essentially what he said, but there is an…18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)As the Minister began speaking, I thought, “This is another provision of the Bill I don’t agree with,” but as he went on, I became, once again, reassured. One of the greatest…18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the Minister give way on that point?18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I appreciate that the Minister wants to make progress. However, amendment 76, tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith—he is not with us at the moment, but he has done a diligent…18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)And consequently more wisdom.18 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. What my hon. Friend the Minister has just said is important, because if there is a genuine consultative process of the kind that the hon.…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Funeral Director Services RegulationMy right hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Jake Berry) has done a great service to his constituents. He has been their champion and drawn this tragic case to the…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Funeral Director Services RegulationI have stood in the Minister’s place many times.17 Nov 2021HANSARD Funeral Director Services RegulationMy right hon. Friend might not know that I am chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for funerals and bereavement. There are two things that I wish to draw to his…17 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)There are concerns about children in care. Again, the Minister makes a compelling case about the role of parents and guardians in respect of the clause and the amendment. However,…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I listened to the Opposition spokesman, and it seemed to me that he made a persuasive case. However, a few moments ago, the Minister introduced an important addition to this…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, but I took from what the Minister said that he is going to go away and think about that. When a combination of a diligent…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I wish to add remarks similar to those I made about children in care. When the Minister sends a note, as he said he might, and gives this further consideration, perhaps he could…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister. Question put , That the clause stand part of the Bill.16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I was delighted to hear that in his earlier life the Minister was a kind of Wemmick figure to Mr Jaggers before his expectations were even greater and he came here. His account of…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a mark of both the sense and sensibility of the scrutiny of the Committee that the hon. Gentleman should be defending the Minister and the Government’s position from my mild…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)I am delighted to have come hotfoot from a discussion with one of the people who gave evidence to the Committee, Professor Ekins, who shares my view that the Bill should be…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)I am extremely grateful to the Minister, both for giving way and for that assurance. He is right that our endeavour in the Bill is to increase efficiency, free up court time and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)And a champion of the needy!16 Nov 2021