Speeches by Mullan.

“(d) the ways in which trauma may affect memory, communication, behaviour, and engagement with court proceedings;”

“(9) The Lord Chancellor may not issue any direction to the Inspectorate in relation to its duty under subsection (5).”

“If extended sitting hours or weekend sessions are realistic options that could preserve jury trials while reducing the backlog, the Government should be able to demonstrate that through the consultation that we propose. If they are not viable, the Committee deserves to understand exactly why before being asked to vote …”

““(1) The Lord Chancellor must lay before Parliament a report containing a review of the impact of the provisions of section 3 during each relevant period.”

“(10) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make further provision about the Inspectorate.”—(Jess Brown-Fuller.)”

“I refer the hon. Member to the words of Mr Speaker earlier. It is the Speaker who decides whether a privilege motion goes ahead. The hon. Member is criticising Mr Speaker for having allowed it.”

“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. If you will indulge me, Dr Huq, I want to congratulate the hon. Member for Rugby on the news that he has been appointed as a trade envoy. We can all recognise that he has put an enormous amount of work into that. The Opposition think that he is amazing at selling th…”

“I politely say that the Minister’s overly sincere, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth act is beginning to wear thin—the way he suggests that the process he is going through has not put a foot wrong. He has repeatedly failed to answer questions that I put to him with candour around Mandelson, despite the fact that this e…”

“Let us say that a landlord proposes to put someone’s rent up by £100 a month, and that it might take two months for the case to be heard in tribunal. They are therefore going to be £150 better off, even if they pay the £48 fee, if they wait for two months and the case goes to the point of a ruling. That is the criticis…”

“Will the Secretary of State give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison, and to respond on behalf of the Opposition in this Delegated Legislation Committee. It might seem that this is a narrow measure, but, in reality, the draft order is part of a poorly implemented Act of Parliament. As the Minister explained, it introduces a …”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that any Government Member, including Ministers, who wants to be taken seriously by armed forces personnel needs to condemn the remarks of Lord Hermer and the disgraceful disparaging of our armed forces?”

“The Secretary of State will have to work extremely hard to secure the trust of veterans on both sides of this argument. If he cannot clearly condemn what are clearly outrageous remarks about our armed forces personnel, how does he expect them to trust him?”

“7. Whether he plans to introduce curfew orders for parents who are non-compliant with child maintenance payments.”

“Every year, millions of pounds of child maintenance go unspent, not including deductions for money hidden away and parents who pretend they cannot work. As far as I am concerned, if someone has children and they can pay towards their maintenance, they absolutely should. Enforcement is not working, because the Governmen…”

“Let me say at the outset that the Opposition continue to support the broad aims of the Bill, as we have done throughout its passage. We recognise the importance of candour, transparency and accountability in public life and recognise the long and determined work of those campaigners, including the Hillsborough families…”

“As I said at the outset, I take seriously the concerns of survivors—I want to be clear about that again. We had written evidence, including from Arajpreet Kaur, setting out how the presumption can be experienced by survivors as a pressure to accept contact arrangements that feel unsafe. That concern is absolutely legit…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. Clause 7 and schedule 2 represent a fundamental and troubling departure from the way that our justice system corrects error. As the Minister said, we have tabled a number of amendments, which essentially form two groups. The first group seeks to reconstitute th…”

“What is the alternative? It is important for those advocating against the change to put forward some alternatives. Both Parents Matter proposed in its written evidence a targeted amendment to section 1(3) of the Children Act 1989—the welfare checklist. Rather than repeal the presumption, Parliament could instead requir…”

“I direct the Minister to the report from the Law Commission, which said that there was no significant evidence of people abusing the system or lots of unmeritorious appeals. The point is that someone has looked at this in detail, on an independent, non-party political basis, and they do not support the suggestion that …”