Alex Norris: MoJ: All Documents

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"As the Minister mentioned, on Sunday 14 April a prison officer at my local prison in Nottingham had his throat slashed with a razor by a prisoner in what his union calls a cowardly, unprovoked act. According to doctors, this young public servant—a brave man in his early 20s—came within …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
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"T4. Will Ministers make a commitment today that the Domestic Abuse Bill will include guaranteed access to special measures in courts for survivors of domestic abuse and that that will apply equally across all our court systems and our entire courts estate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Mar 2019
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"Previous cost cutting in the Prison Service such as reducing staff has proved to be a false economy. In Nottingham Prison, the prisons Minister has needed a surge of staff to try to stabilise what had become a very violent and dangerous prison. Can I have an assurance from him …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Dec 2018
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"T2. On Friday, I visited Nottingham Prison; I am grateful for the support of the prisons Minister in securing that meeting. Drugs continue to be a significant problem in our prison, as in many others, and body scanners are a really important way of tackling that. What is the Government’s …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Sep 2018
Bedford Prison

"This is the fourth prison in the urgent notification process. In the past, the response has tended to involve three things: change the leaders, put more staff in, reduce the number of prisoners. All those are sensible, but they have an impact on the rest of the estate: there are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Victims Strategy

"We know that the people who are most vulnerable to crime are those furthest from mainstream services. It is the woman suffering at the hands of her partner, the trafficked person who does not speak English or the child groomed in their community who the consultations detailed today must reach. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Sep 2018
HMP Birmingham

"It is clear that drugs have played a significant role in the problems in Birmingham; similarly, drugs have played a significant role in the challenges in Nottingham Prison, and I suspect across the prison estate. What is the Minister’s latest assessment of the use of body scanners, and what is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
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"Earlier this year, HMP Nottingham was issued with an urgent notification as it is fundamentally unsafe. Will Ministers tell me how many assaults on staff there have been at the prison since this notification was triggered?..."
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Written Question

Personal Injury: Compensation

Monday 4th June 2018

Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North and Kimberley)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial support his Department plans to provide to injured people to fund (a) court fees, (b) medical reports and (c) police reports in the event that the small claims limit for personal injury claims is increased.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The small claims track is designed to be uncomplicated and accessible for people to use without the need for a lawyer. Parties making a claim are expected to fund their own court fees. These fees are linked to the value of the claim, are significantly lower than those currently charged in the fast track. Support is available to people who cannot afford court fees under the ‘Help with Fees scheme’ (https://www.gov.uk/get-help-with-court-fees) and depending on the circumstances, fees can be remitted in full or in part.

Following the proposed increase in the small claims track limit, a claimant will be able to recover the cost of obtaining a medical report where the defendant either admits liability or is found to be liable.

Police reports are usually only required where accident details have not been exchanged or in more serious road traffic accidents where there has been a police investigation. Charges in relation to police reports vary and are governed by individual Police Forces, although many do also operate remission schemes for these charges.