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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 29th September 2015

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 21 July 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Israr Hussain Malik.

Answered by Andrew Selous

I apologise for the delay in responding to the letter sent by right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton in respect of Mr Israr Malik. A response was sent on 9 September providing a full account of the information requested. In addition the response sent provided an explanation for the delay and actions taken to mitigate against any future delay occurring.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 30th October 2014

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 17 September 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs M Lawson.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

A response to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton was sent on Tuesday 21 October 2014.

Written Question

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Thursday 8th May 2014

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Sherratt.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) to the Secretary of State for Justice was transferred to the Department for Education for a response.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Jun 2013
Interpreting and Translation Services

"I, too, congratulate the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) on initiating the debate and on the report of his Select Committee.

The right hon. Gentleman is known in the House for his understatement, and that is typified by his description of the system under the new contract …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Jun 2013
Interpreting and Translation Services

"I of course agree with my hon. Friend. The problem is that the Ministry of Justice has been administered with, on the one hand, a great deal of indolence, which is the charming characteristic of the previous Secretary of State—for which we are all fond of him—and, on the other, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Feb 2013
Points of Order

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Will you confirm that right hon. and hon. Members have only two privileges that are not available to every citizen in this country? One is freedom of speech in this Chamber, subject to your rulings, and the other is access to Ministers...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Leveson Inquiry

"Although it is clear that the provisions in the Leveson report on the backing up of self-regulation of the press must be carried out, does the right hon. Lady agree that if the House rushes to legislative judgment, that will be seen as Members of the House of Commons taking …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Leveson Inquiry

"I was a staff journalist for 10 years. For nine of those years, I worked for the Daily Mirror, which at its zenith sold 5 million copies a day. I reported directly to the editorial director, Hugh Cudlipp, this country’s greatest ever popular journalist. Cudlipp was obsessive about factual …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Leveson Inquiry

"My hon. Friend intervened just as I was about to go on to that very point. Twenty years ago, the National Heritage Committee made those recommendations. We analysed the disease and proposed a remedy. During the four remaining years of the then Conservative Government, nothing whatever was done. I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Apr 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

"I encountered a Member of the House of Lords yesterday. She said, “I hope you will agree that we have done a good job on this Bill.” I said, “You have done a brilliant job, but it is all going to be overturned by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in …..."
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