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Clause 3 - Trial on indictment without a jury: general rule for allocation

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The Minister makes such a brilliant point. She is right: 31% of those who have become magistrates are from an ethnic minority group. But when we look outside London, we see that we are unable to...

Clause 3 - Trial on indictment without a jury: general rule for allocation

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am no expert, but I find this argument fascinating. What would it take to make the shadow Minister believe what the Minister is saying? I do not understand this subject, except for everything...

Clause 3 - Trial on indictment without a jury: general rule for allocation

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am learning so much from these sessions. I have a question on choice. Many people feel that the removal of choice is a real problem. Can the Minister explain why that choice is not being given...

Clause 3 - Trial on indictment without a jury: general rule for allocation

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the shadow Minister; I am listening to what he is saying and I am finding it really interesting. But let us not forget that, until 2019, we had a backlog of something like 40,000, and...

Clause 1 - Removal of right to elect trial on indictment

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The Minister is making some important points, but I must bring her back to what she said about the fairness of jury trials, and about people feeling that they are fair. At the moment, many...

Examination of Witness

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Good afternoon, Doug. I have a really quick question. I am just going to be brutally honest. I am a woman of colour—a black woman. Within our communities in the UK, there is a fear that if...

Examination of Witnesses

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you all, and can I add to everybody’s remarks about the powerful testimonies that are coming across today? Following on from Joe’s question, my question is for you, Farah....

Examination of Witnesses

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you for allowing me back in, Chair. My question is for Professor Katrin Hohl. Let me start by saying that justice delayed is absolutely justice denied. As has been talked about, there is...

Examination of Witnesses

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Thank you. You have explained that perfectly.

Examination of Witnesses

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Paulette Hamilton made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Good morning, all. I want to ask a quick question to the former Victims’ Commissioner. Vera, based on your many years of experience as Victims’ Commissioner and working alongside the...

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

I agree absolutely. Unless we work together to sort this out, we will not get a decent Bill that everybody can be happy with. To just throw it out at this stage would serve no purpose for anyone....

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

I absolutely agree. That does back up what I am saying. I am not suggesting that our judiciary is biased, but perception matters, so I ask the Minister for two specific assurances. First, the...

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. For ethnic minority communities, that right has been seen as a vital protection against fear of bias, whether conscious or unconscious. A diverse...

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

I rise to speak on a Bill that is both necessary and difficult. Let me start by saying that I support its intention to tackle a Crown court backlog that has more than doubled since the pandemic,...

Palliative Care

Commons debates

I am sure that every Member in the Chamber has a local hospice that they really appreciate and cannot do without. I thank my hon. Friend for giving his local hospice a shout-out. I am sure it...

Palliative Care

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), who I love dearly, for leading this important debate. Palliative care is about dignity. I saw the value of this care every...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Councillors are the bedrock of their communities, working tirelessly on behalf of residents. I know this from my own time as a local councillor. Waseem Zaffar was an outstanding and much-loved...

Town and City Centre Safety - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for securing this important debate. In my constituency, our local town...

Health and Social Care Committee

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is passionate about the administration of vaccinations, and he has asked quite a lot of questions. I absolutely agree with them all, but I will focus on his questions relating to...

Health and Social Care Committee

Commons debates

My hon. Friend raises a crucial point. These services are just not joined up. We have got young children who, from birth to two and a half years old, are not getting the health services they...