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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 Oct 2014
Transparency and Accountability Bill

"As I have said on a number of occasions, the media cannot afford to have someone in every family court. Does the Minister accept that media access to hearings is not, in itself, that big a thing?..."
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Written Question
Contempt of Court: Sentencing
Monday 8th September 2014

Asked by: John Hemming (Liberal Democrat - Birmingham, Yardley)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were imprisoned for contempt of court before each division of the legal system in each month since May 2013.

Answered by Mike Penning

The table below sets out the number of people who were received into custody for contempt of court between May 2013 and March 2014 (the latest available figures). Contempt of court covers a wide variety of conduct which undermines or has the potential to undermine the course of justice.

Receptions into prison (1) for contempt of court, May 2013-March 2014, England and Wales

May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13

Contempt of Court 11 8 13 14 7 12

Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14

7 6 8 7 8

(1) This excludes imprisonment in court cells and police cells

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill

"Obviously, I support the Government’s objectives and making things easier for volunteers. Have the Government made any study of what effect the Bill would have on the costs on insurance to protect people against strange litigation?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Sep 2013
Child Protection

"I refer the House to my chairmanship of the Justice for Families campaign and of Care Leavers Voice, which is a group of care leavers who are concerned that the voice of care leavers is excluded from the system.

On 14 August Jana Tokolyova, who is the press officer of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Sep 2013
Child Protection

"I have the defence that Leicester city council made to the employment tribunal. I can give the hon. Gentleman a copy of it. The defence was, “We told her not to send the child home, but she wanted to do that, so we fired her.” That went to appeal and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jun 2013
Legal Aid Reform

"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the removal of people’s choice of advocate is a very profound change?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2013
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]

"I found the Bill interesting when I looked it up this morning on the internet. I read the explanatory notes, which refer to two draft decisions of the Council of the European Union and one draft decision of the European Council. Obviously, I know the Council of Europe is nothing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Leveson Inquiry

"Does my hon. Friend share my concern that Lord Justice Leveson does not understand that primary legislation can be changed through statutory instrument and believes that it can be changed only through more primary legislation? On the basis of those concerns, I welcome the Prime Minister’s determination not to take …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 26 Oct 2012
Family Justice (Transparency, Accountability and Cost of Living) Bill

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

It is indeed a privilege to propose legislation in a private Member’s Bill. When I found out, through the usual process of an immediate torrent of lobbying phone calls and e-mails, that I had the opportunity to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 26 Oct 2012
Family Justice (Transparency, Accountability and Cost of Living) Bill

"This is about justice for families in the wider sense. Our society should be based on making life better for families in this country, and making people’s lives easier through better judicial proceedings, fewer cover-ups and cheaper energy bills is all about justice for families.

Over the summer, I worked …..."
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