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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What progress the Government have made on recruiting more prison staff. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Retaining and recruiting experienced staff is crucial to the success of any organisation. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to keep experienced prison officers, particularly in the north of England?..."
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Written Question
Civil Proceedings
Thursday 5th May 2016

Asked by: Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of potential steps to increase provision of (a) court time and (b) relevantly skilled members of the judiciary to ensure the timely management of legal proceedings on complex planning disputes.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

The Planning Court was established in 2014 and has greatly increased the speed in which planning cases are dealt with.

A dedicated cadre of lawyers and judiciary have been appointed to deal expediently with all significant planning cases.

The Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015 introduced a permission stage in applications for statutory review, to remove unmeritorious statutory challenges to planning decisions as early as possible.

Current statistical data shows that the average time taken for a planning case to be dealt with in the Planning Court has reduced from 46.9 weeks in February 2014 to 25.9 weeks in March 2016.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"Is it not a fact that people were not aware of the Pensions Act 1995? We had 13 years of a Labour Government that spent £5 million on communication. Is it not the complete failure of the previous Labour Government that failed the women involved?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"Will the hon. Gentleman confirm to the House whether the SNP is making a £26 billion spending commitment?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Will you remind the House of the rules about Members making contributions when they were not in the Chamber at the beginning of the debate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"The need for equalisation of the state pension age is evident. We have an ageing population. People are living healthier, longer lives, with an ever-greater proportion of the population drawing a pension while an ever-smaller proportion are contributing through national insurance. Without equalisation, the system risks becoming increasingly difficult to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What support his Department provides to military veterans in prison...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"The vast majority of military personnel successfully transition back into civilian life, having left the armed forces. However, veterans represent the largest single cohort in our prisons. Will my right hon. Friend join me in praising the excellent work of Care After Combat, whose Phoenix project aims to reduce reoffending …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jul 2015
Cremation of Infants (England)

"I am grateful to the hon. Lady and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) for securing this important debate. Does the hon. Lady agree that the report’s authors were struck by the lack of authoritative national guidance or policy outside environmental …..."
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