"2. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Common Platform on the delivery of justice by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. ..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"The Common Platform has been nothing short of a disaster—one quarter of a billion wasted on a project that was fundamentally flawed from the start and designed primarily to slash thousands of highly skilled legal jobs. Even the Lord Chief Justice has raised serious concerns recently to the Justice Committee. …..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"Q Clause 2 of the Bill includes motives, such as obtaining sexual gratification and causing humiliation, alarm and distress. How difficult will it be for the police to secure a prosecution by establishing the motives?
Assistant Commissioner Hewitt: Establishing motive is always a challenge in any sort of crime. …..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"8. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the volume of probation officer caseloads on the effectiveness of the probation service. ..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"East Lancashire, which includes my constituency and up to five other constituencies, has only one legal aid solicitors firm to deal with housing. What is the Minister going to do about that legal advice centre desert?..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"It has been interesting to hear the passionate arguments on this issue. The first thing we have to point out is that this is a political decision: “You guys in government decided where the cuts would come.” We are not asking Ministers to put £39 billion in; we are saying, …..." Kate Hollern - View Speech
"T7. When the criminal courts charge was introduced, Labour warned that the lack of judicial discretion would result in miscarriages of justice, with people pleading guilty to avoid additional cost. It concerns me that people may be pleading guilty to save money in the short term. That will have a …..." Kate Hollern - View Speech