Speeches by Slade.

“It is the consumers. We talked about them making a choice about how they access their justice and not really understanding how they are accessing it. Therefore, how does the regulator protect the consumer if the consumer does not understand what it is that they are buying?”

“I am going to direct this to Tom, because I think we know Liz’s answer. It is to set the scene about whether regulators are doing enough to protect consumers; obviously there is a difference in terms of them having enough information. In terms of protecting them, sometimes from their own decisions, how good a job is th…”

“Hello. I am Vikki Slade, Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole. My register of interest is as per the record. I have no relevant interests to this Committee.”

“You talked at the beginning about there being so many regulators. If there were fewer, or a regulator that then had sub-regulators, would that make the CPD, the engagement and the landscape of how consumers engage with the system easier?”

“Apologies to all the lawyers in the room.”

“Do you think that legal services providers do enough to help consumers make informed choices? You are right: it is not the consumer’s fault. It is either the provider or the regulator who provides the framework for the provider. Is enough being done at that middle level?”

“Touching on no win, no fee, why do consumers who sign up for no win, no fee claims sometimes end up owing thousands of pounds in legal costs? I thought the whole point was that that would not happen.”

“We have recently had some evidence regarding the ease with which people can end up entering these arrangements, often maybe no win, no fee. They can see an advert as they are scrolling in bed, they click on it and before they know it they are in. I wondered whether you think the regulators are attuned to the different …”

“It is the consumers. We talked about them making a choice about how they access their justice and not really understanding how they are accessing it. Therefore, how does the regulator protect the consumer if the consumer does not understand what it is that they are buying?”

“I am going to direct this to Tom, because I think we know Liz’s answer. It is to set the scene about whether regulators are doing enough to protect consumers; obviously there is a difference in terms of them having enough information. In terms of protecting them, sometimes from their own decisions, how good a job is th…”

“Hello. I am Vikki Slade, Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole. My register of interest is as per the record. I have no relevant interests to this Committee.”

“I welcome the language of “belonging”, particularly as the parent of a SEND child who once said to me, “They don’t want me here, do they, mum?” before he was put in specialist provision. We cannot have a broader and more inclusive curriculum if schools are facing cuts, and two of my local schools—Queen Elizabeth and Co…”

“I can only apologise, Madam Chair. Would my hon. Friend agree that the Policing Minister is long overdue in replying to the calls from Dorset MPs and the police and crime commissioner in November last year to look at the seasonality issue, because we simply cannot go on?”

“I want to follow on from the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) in asking the Policing Minister again: would you agree that it is about time we got—”

“T7. Much of Dorset is blessed with solid-wall, thatched cottages—you must visit, Mr Speaker. That includes our National Trust village of Shapwick, where Slate cottage sat empty for two years because it would cost £100,000 to bring it up to the minimum energy efficiency standards, and the National Trust just could not d…”

“The child maintenance system is being used, as the Minister knows, to abuse women after they have left their relationship. One of my constituents lost her home after she was manipulated into selling it. Her ex-partner put the money into a joint account, and he then bought a new house in his own name. He left her and is…”

“Does the hon. Member agree that potentially every single working person, retired person and child in this country has paid the price for what Mandelson did? If he did indeed share information relating to the financial crash, it has cost everyone a fortune and he owes everyone in this country an apology.”

“The actions of Peter Mandelson are a disgrace, and I support the proposals to remove him without delay, but he is not the only British person implicated in the appalling Epstein files. What are the Government doing to ensure that all those linked to Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and any political, public or civ…”

“Almost one in six of the prison population is on remand, and more than 2,500, which is the population of all three prisons in Dorset plus the prison in Wiltshire, have been on remand for more than the custody time limit, including my constituent Liam. Many of them are not a flight or reoffending risk, and some may be i…”

“Storm Chandra has left the south-west in havoc, including deep flooding in Dorset, with routes blocked, villages cut off and even part of our historic Wimborne Minster underwater. Some residents have suggested that blocked drains are the cause, but the best flushed gullies would not cope. I welcome the reference to the…”