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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Assisted Dying

"I thank the hon. Member for giving way and for the way in which she is leading the debate. I voted for reform several years ago. I am really glad she has mentioned palliative care. There seems to be a misconception that those who support an avenue that people do …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Injunction to Protect the M25

"The real tragedy of these morons on the motorway is that they set back the cause of advancing decarbonisation in the transport system and they put lives at risk. I welcome the Minister’s robust statement. In the event that these injunctions are not successful, will he consider legislation that perhaps …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

"I have a very different view from the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas), my near neighbour in Sussex, on this Bill. I wish to focus on its positives regarding not just perpetrators of violence, but victims. I am amazed that any Opposition party would vote against the Bill …..."
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Written Question
Courts: Coronavirus
Tuesday 3rd November 2020

Asked by: Huw Merriman (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

What steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service is taking to tackle the backlog of landlord and tenant cases.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

At the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Government took unprecedented action to protect tenants from eviction by ensuring no one could be evicted from their homes as a result of the pandemic.

The Master of the Rolls working party, of which HMCTS are members, has introduced robust measures to ensure that HMCTS can deal with the backlog of cases to provide access to justice for landlords while protecting the most vulnerable.

These arrangements include improvement in the signposting and guidance for landlords and tenants, the introduction of a review process to allow early engagement between parties and provisions for possession hearings to take place in a safe way.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Domestic Abuse Bill

"One of my frustrations with being in this place is that I am often harangued by constituents who tell me how appallingly behaved the House is, but when I give them examples of the House at its best, they have rarely seen them; they tend to watch only when the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that measures in the victims strategy, the forthcoming violence against women and girls strategy and domestic abuse Bill are aligned. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"To return to a theme raised on the Opposition Benches earlier, there is great support on the Government Benches for closing the loophole that may allow convicted rapists to gain notification rights to children conceived through those heinous crimes. Will the Minister assure me that if it turns out that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Citing reputational reasons, one of my local authority employers failed to keep on a member of staff after a probation period because of a spent conviction that was known about. Would public sector employers not get a better reputation if they helped to turn people’s lives around when they want …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Civil Liability Bill [Lords]

"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way—he is being most generous with his time. May I press him on the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) about McKenzie friends? I am going back years now, but in my day, when I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Civil Liability Bill [Lords]

"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. It is not just the case that we do not really know the number of fraudulent cases, although we can certainly make a very fair estimate, given that there are 200,000 extra claims and 85% of them relate to whiplash. The …..."
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