Judicial Review and Courts Bill

May I make a bit of progress?

Let me take one immigration case by way of illustration. A cl...

I am grateful to the Lord Chancellor for giving way. I would like to intervene later on the speci...

It has not been broken, but I shall come on to address that when I deal with the devolution dimen...

I am very grateful to the Justice Secretary for giving way.

Over the past few years, the la...

Of course I cannot second guess the judicial decisions made in individual cases, but what I can s...

The Lord Chancellor will be aware—I am sure that this will be covered in other speeches—that the ...

In fairness, I think have presented the evidential basis: 750 cases each year and barely a 3% suc...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will make some progress; I have given way to the hon. and learned Lady twice.

The Bill wi...

The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, as originally passed, included provision for ...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful argument. I have not heard the Factortame case cited in this Hous...

Perhaps the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor could help me on two matters. When these matte...

I can give my hon. Friend, who chairs the Justice Committee, the reassurance that he is looking f...

What would the Secretary of State say to victims of rape, some of whom have been waiting up to fo...

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair challenge. However, he should ignore the pleadings from those on ...

When my constituents Andy and Amanda lost their daughter Colette, who was in the care of the stat...

We have addressed that issue in response to the report that the Select Committee put out. Our pos...

I am delighted that my right hon. Friend is making this speech, and we support so much of the Bil...

My hon. Friend has raised that point with me privately, and he has now raised it on the Floor of ...

It is great that the Justice Secretary is talking about ensuring that this new court building wil...

The hon. Lady is right to raise that concern. All of this work to modernise court and tribunal pr...

I agree with the comments the Secretary of State made earlier about the work of the judiciary in ...

I thank my hon. Friend for the work he and the magistrates have done. They hear 85% of criminal c...

I begin by congratulating the right hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Dominic Raab) on his promot...

On constitutional vandalism, the Law Society of Scotland has said that the abolition of Cart judi...

According to the devolved settlement, that must be the case. Perhaps the Secretary of State or th...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the collapse of the Hillsborough trial identified flaws in o...

My hon. Friend rightly raises the Hillsborough families, and she knows that, just like the Grenfe...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way a second time. Is the reason for the att...

The hon. and learned Lady’s point has so much merit. No Governments enjoy judicial review, but th...

Is the right hon. Gentleman familiar with and has he reflected on the words of a former Labour Ho...

I have not reflected on that statement very much.

I was reminded recently of the importance...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the sign of a mature democracy is that it protects the m...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. That ought to be a principle across the House, not a party pol...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and I am pleased I have provided half his speech ...

The right hon. Gentleman makes his point very well. He is absolutely right. In each of the cases ...

I hear what the right hon. Gentleman says about Cart judicial reviews, but can he explain why Lor...

That is one reflection among many who sit on the other side of the debate, including those who ha...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that hospital authorities can hire Queen’s Counsel and spend mill...

It goes to the fundamental principle in our justice system of trying to have equality of arms. Th...

Just to reiterate the point about Colette, Andy and Amanda, and the pain they are going through a...

My hon. Friend’s championing of these issues is so important. The cupboard has been stripped bare...

It is a pleasure to participate in the debate and to follow the two Front Benchers. I welcome the...

As usual, the hon. Member is making a very learned and well-informed speech, but I want to challe...

I have great respect for the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, but I think that it is wrong—it ...

I welcome the Secretary of State to his new role, and I pay tribute to his predecessor, who was c...

Specifically on the important point about tribunal fees, this Government could have listened care...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but she is wrong to think that I can suggest anything, becaus...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Anne McLaughlin), although, un...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy W...

The hon. Lady is making a fascinating speech and some very strong points. Does she agree that the...

This issue absolutely is about that particular section of society who seem to be under attack in ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). I rise in support of the Bil...

My hon. Friend makes a compelling case along particular lines. She is right about access to legal...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I bow to his experience in these matters. That shou...

Scotland’s justice system remains devolved and, as such, the powers to amend the judicial review ...

I, too, will focus my comments on the first part of the Bill, which concerns judicial review. I s...

I am a bit confused. The hon. Lady said that taking away Cart judicial reviews would not stop som...

For an applicant to end up in the Court of Appeal, they would win or lose at first instance and e...

rose—

I will make a little progress, because I know that time is limited.

The Opposition frequent...

I thank the hon. Lady for again letting me in. Surely this is ordering judges to have a presumpti...

I am not sure I entirely agree with that. I do agree that clause 1 sets out the criteria they nee...

It is a pleasure—although always slightly daunting to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newbur...

I welcome the chance to speak in this debate as a new member of the Select Committee on Justice. ...

Much of the Bill is eminently sensible, and there is much in it to support. Like most people, I a...

I welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cart...

I am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed today. It is an honour to f...

I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman in his oration, because he was getting into his groove...

They pulled it because they were going to get hammered in the House of Lords.

On Cart JR, t...

It was generously suggested earlier that the Minister might respond to my query about the impact ...

I have to be honest with the hon. and learned Lady: it is very kind of her to ask me to write to ...