Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 May 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"The employment tribunal backlog stands at a staggering 51,000, which is 45% higher than pre-pandemic levels. The Minister will blame that on covid, but he knows the system was broken before, with cuts made by his Department. Now, as we see multiple employment claims shooting up and some employers using …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What progress he has made on tackling backlogs in HM Courts and Tribunals Service. ..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The backlog for individual cases in employment tribunals has already passed the post-2008 financial crisis record, with 37,000 workers in the queue. Analysis by Citizens Advice suggests that if that continues to grow at the current rate, the number of outstanding claims could pass 500,000 by spring. When will the …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill
"Recent events have indeed shown the need for a review through this legislation, which I certainly support, and which has the appropriate safeguards and implementation measures that will be debated today.
The Lord Chancellor made a point about the victims. Somebody who had done work experience in my office was …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 15th January 2020
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders received (a) no visitors, (b) one visitor and (c) more than one visitor a month in each young offender institution in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Wendy Morton
- Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Governors and Directors of contracted prisons are required to actively encourage young people in custody to maintain outside contacts and meaningful family ties, which is integral to the children’s’ right to family life as well as their rehabilitation. Visits are also vital in sustaining their relationships with close relatives and friends, where appropriate, while helping to maintain community ties.
Written Question
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
Answered by Chris Philp
- Shadow Home Secretary
The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity
Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Ministry of Justice are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My hon. Friend is making an important and powerful speech. Does she believe that the Bill will do enough to support the role of schools in the lives of families? I know the amount of work that goes on in many schools in my constituency to support parents and children …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 29th July 2019
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
Answered by Edward Argar
In the MoJ (including HMPPS) on 31 March 2019, excluding staff on unpaid leave:
There were 2,424 Grade 7 and Grade 6 staff, of whom 1,989 had declared their ethnicity; of these 224 were BAME. This means that 11.3% of Grade 7 and Grade 6 staff with known ethnicity were BAME.
There were 230 Grade 5 staff, of whom 200 had declared their ethnicity; of these 11 were BAME. This means that 5.5% of Grade 5 staff with known ethnicity were BAME.
There were 54 Grade 3 staff, of whom 46 had declared their ethnicity; the number of these who were BAME was less than three.
This is based on staff voluntarily recording their ethnicity data on the HR system (SOP).
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Feltham A Young Offenders Institution
"(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make a statement on Her Majesty’s chief inspector of prison’s recent invoking of the urgent notification process for Feltham A young offenders institution...."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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