"The Government have recognised that there was confusion or a lack of awareness about the same-sex exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 and how to apply them practice, so does the Minister agree that the updated EHRC statutory code is needed as soon as possible to make it explicitly clear …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"5. When she expects the Equality and Human Rights Commission to publish its revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations. ..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"A constituent of mine is endeavouring to prevent her neighbour from building an extension that would affect the rights of access set out in her restrictive covenant. She was initially quoted £80,000 to £100,000 to take the neighbour to court. Such costs make civil law inaccessible to ordinary people. Will …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"The Israeli Government have stated that Israel’s presence in the Golan heights buffer zone is defensive, limited and temporary. Given that the Israeli Cabinet has recently approved a financial package to increase the number of illegal settlements in the Golan heights, what assessment has the Secretary of State made of …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"The number of survivors of historical abuse at Medomsley detention centre is decreasing. Victims are seeking justice for the serious and widespread abuse that took place between 1961 and 1987. Will the Leader of the House help me secure a meeting with the Home Secretary to discuss how the survivors, …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I think we will hear something from the Minister on what the Government intend to do and what we will hopefully get somewhere down the road.
These are women and girls who are sitting at the feet of trauma. Survivors face the …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"My hon. Friend could not have put it better. That is the basis of this whole debate.
According to the quarterly statistics published last week, the number of sexual offence cases waiting to go to Crown court stands at 11,574—up 44.5% on the same time in 2022. Just two weeks …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"I hope that the review that will take place will look at everything and cover every aspect. I believe its aim is to be comprehensive and to bring justice and fairness to everybody involved in the system.
It is imperative that attention is drawn to the nature of postponements, which …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech
"My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am sure we will hear from the Minister that the Labour Government have a lot of plans to hopefully right all those wrongs.
In recent days, we have heard the Minister for courts and legal services, the Minister of State, Ministry …..." Mary Glindon - View Speech