Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2015
Criminal Justice: Transgender People
"My Lords, returning to what the noble Lord, Lord Marks, said, the Minister seemed to suggest that this happens at the point of prison, which really is too late. Surely, when a person is leaving court, they need to be in the right van to go to the right prison. …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
Ministerial Code
"My Lords, if the former AG, journalists, campaigners, senior lawyers, ex-Ministers, ex-civil servants and academics think this change is wrong, is it possible that they are right and that the Government are not? Can the Government explain why they sneaked this change through, along with a change to the code …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Jun 2015
Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, for the two Bills on which I will lead for the Opposition —on charities and to create a public service ombudsman —I have nothing but praise, albeit we may want to strengthen them just a little. Had the Government’s programme stopped there, I would have had no complaint. …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Compensation (Claims Management Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these two orders, which, not surprisingly, we warmly welcome. They will allow complaints against CMOs to be taken to the Legal Ombudsman and will enable LeO to raise the necessary money to fund that. My only complaint, for which I gather I …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Advocacy Exceptions) Order 2014
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for moving and explaining the order. It is always rather worrying when one reads in a background note that, as became apparent in the words the Minister used today, an order that had gone through Parliament was defective. It is hard to know whether …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014
"My Lords, I rise simply to welcome the first three orders which extend alternative business structures—which, of course, started under the 2007 Act. That change is gradually rolling out and is to be welcomed.
I want to say a particular word of welcome about the first order, on CILEx, because …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014
"Before the Minister sits down, I want to apologise: his figure was right and mine was wrong. The one-third figure refers to new CILEx students, so I got that wrong. His figure of 16% is right. However, up to one-third of new CILEx students are from black and minority ethnic …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 18 Jul 2014
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
"My Lords, we have heard today the views of some doctors, but we know that their views are not unanimous. Indeed, the position of the Royal College of Surgeons was decided by just 26 members of its council, not by a ballot of its members. The BMA is against, but …..."Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 7th July 2014
Asked by:
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the consultation on the framework to enable complaints about claims management companies to be heard by the Legal Services Ombudsman, as provided for in the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 provides the necessary enabling powers to put in place the funding arrangements for the Legal Ombudsman to deal with complaints against claims management companies. These provisions were commenced on 21 March 2014. They include a power for the Lord Chancellor to make Regulations to charge fees to recover the costs he has incurred in meeting the expenditure of the Legal Ombudsman in relation to claims management complaints.
The Government consultation on the proposed structure of the Lord Chancellor's cost recovery fee ended on 6 June and the responses are being analysed. Once the fee structure is finalised, the Fee Regulations will be laid in Parliament for approval and the consultation response will be published at that time.
Written Question
Tuesday 24th June 2014
Asked by:
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will bring forward delegated legislation under the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 enabling complaints against claims management firms to be heard by the Legal Services Ombudsman.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 provides the necessary enabling powers to put in place the funding arrangements for the Legal Ombudsman to deal with complaints against claims management companies. These provisions were commenced on 21 March 2014. They include a power for the Lord Chancellor to make Regulations to charge fees to recover the costs he has incurred in meeting the expenditure of the Legal Ombudsman in relation to claims management complaints.
The Government consultation on the proposed structure of the Lord Chancellor's cost recovery fee ended on 6 June and the responses are being analysed. Once the fee structure is finalised, the Fee Regulations will be laid in Parliament for approval. Following this, an order to commence section 161 of the Legal Services Act 2007 will be laid. This will extend the remit of the Legal Ombudsman to enable it to deal with complaints about authorised claims management companies.
The government is committed to enabling this as soon as possible.