Speeches by Brown-Fuller.

“(d) apply to proceedings in the criminal courts as the Lord Chancellor may by regulations specify.”

“(c) take place in at least one location in England and Wales as the Lord Chancellor may by regulations specify;”

“The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It is a worrying trend that the number of hours that are being used efficiently in Crown courts every day seems to be decreasing year on year. The Minister spoke about not wanting to necessarily set a target. I agree with her: sometimes putting an arbitrary number on something do…”

“I am pleased the Minister recognises the Government must go a long way to do more for victims, but it is getting harder for services such as victim support to manage an ever-increasing caseload. I am keen to press this new clause to a vote, because the idea of victim-led case management, which many of the courts are ke…”

“First, I want to set out that the Liberal Democrats are supportive of the Hillsborough law. We have only ever sought to strengthen the legislation, not to undermine it, and we will be supporting the carry-over motion this evening. But it is frustrating for everyone involved that we have reached this stage of having to …”

“I had the opportunity to test out my hand-eye co-ordination recently by joining Chichester Centurions hockey club. We have a thriving hockey community in Chichester, and Chichester hockey club has more than 650 members. They are at risk, however, of losing their pitch provision because the pitches are coming to end of …”

“Restriction on evidence or questions about complainant’s sexual history”

“Clause 8”

“Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.”

“Leadership of tribunals”

“Schedule 2 agreed to.”

“Clause 18”

“Clause 17 ordered to stand part of the Bill.”

“Question put, That the schedule be the Second schedule to the Bill.”

“Amendment 14 would require the Government to set out how the family courts and legal aid system will be resourced to give full effect to the repeal of the presumption of parental involvement. It would necessitate a report being laid by the Government on the impact of repealing the presumption of parental responsibility…”

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“I recognise that the amendment is limited in scope because the Bill is limited in scope, especially when it comes to the family court. Perhaps rather cheekily, I was trying to get a report on the general health of the family court system because so many organisations tell Members across the House that they are really c…”

“I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 17, page 30, line 10, at end insert— “(3) The Lord Chancellor must, within six months of the commencement of this section, lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on the resources required to give full effect to the repeal of subsection 2A in Section 1 of the Children Act 198…”

“The hon. Member is making an important point that we have not really discussed on the Committee. It is estimated that half the prison population have a reading age of less than 11; that is to say, they are counted as functionally illiterate. We have seen a decline in prison education. How does she expect all these pris…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. Clause 7 and schedule 2 will restrict the right to appeal the decision of a magistrates court to the Crown court, and will change the process that those appeals go through. Currently, a defendant has an automatic right of appeal from the magistrates court to the C…”