"These regulations are to be welcomed for bringing clarity after the period of legislative conflict that followed the introduction of the judicial pension scheme in 2015. The Minister will recall that in January 2017, an employment tribunal found in the case of McCloud v Ministry of Justice that the transitional …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"9. What plans his Department has to reduce the disparity between the number of rapes reported to the police and the number of suspects charged with that offence. ..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"In West Yorkshire, the number of rapes reported increased by 25% last year, but just 4.4% of those cases resulted in someone being charged. The same is true across the country, so what are the Government doing to ensure that the criminal justice system is properly resourced and that it …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"Like other Members, I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Is she aware that there is a private bailiff trade body called the Civil Enforcement Association? Its code of conduct says that its members should be
“professional, ethical…polite, honest and non-threatening”,
"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Civil Enforcement Association is just a trade body. People have to pay a fee to be a member, but a bailiff does not have to be a member. The answer is to have an independent bailiff regulator capable of banning and prosecuting …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Evans, and I wish to make a few brief points in this important debate—there have already been many valuable contributions from across the House.
The debate should be seen in the wider context of growing household debt. The rise of …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"I welcome the Government’s call for evidence. Since it was launched, the Minister has said that a small number of bailiffs are breaking the law. The truth is that a YouGov poll shows that a third of people contacted by bailiffs in the past year have experienced law breaking, so …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"Following on from the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Emma Reynolds) about the experience of her constituent, 2.2 million people contacted by a bailiff in the past two years have experienced the bailiff pushing the legal limits—my hon. Friend’s constituent experienced that—including forced …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for tabling this amendment. As he knows, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee published a report today on our future relationship with Euratom. The cross-party Committee agreed that we needed as close a relationship as possible with Euratom, in part because of the …..." Rachel Reeves - View Speech