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Independence of the Judiciary

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

450 c25-45WH 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Oliver Heald | 450 c40WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree, but does the right hon. and learned Lady not agree that the language used by Minist...

Baroness Harman | 450 c40WH (Link to this contribution) All our language should reflect the respect that each bit of the constitution has for the others. It...

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Simon Hughes | 450 c39WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister therefore agree that it was not helpful—I am trying to use a neutral word—for The ...

Baroness Harman | 450 c39-40WH (Link to this contribution) Having spoken to many judges in my work as a Minister for my Department, I know that judges find suc...

Baroness Harman | 450 c43-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. One of the things that the judge in Liverpool does is go to a community...

Simon Hughes | 450 c43WH (Link to this contribution) All these innovative ideas are very welcome. The Minister knows that the Department’s lateral thinki...

Baroness Harman | 450 c43WH (Link to this contribution) The important thing is to learn from the experience of pilot schemes. The hon. Gentleman would be th...

Oliver Heald | 450 c43WH (Link to this contribution) I have been to the North Liverpool community court and was very impressed with Judge Fletcher. An in...

Baroness Harman | 450 c41-3WH (Link to this contribution) We can all agree with the principles. The difficulty in particular individual circumstances is knowi...

Simon Hughes | 450 c40-1WH (Link to this contribution) Throughout my time in the House, I have never had any reason to doubt that the right hon. and learne...

Baroness Harman | 450 c44-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. There are problems. The Prime Minister has made the po...

Philip Hollobone | 450 c44WH (Link to this contribution) I endorse the suggestion made by the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes). ...

Oliver Heald | 450 c34-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securing an impo...

Simon Hughes | 450 c35WH (Link to this contribution) It was as the hon. Gentleman said, but I hope that he will recognise that some of us—I do not take t...

Oliver Heald | 450 c35-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am quite happy to acquit the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey on this one. It was th...

Oliver Heald | 450 c36-7WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes the general point—which is right—that many Ministers are pretty ignorant ab...

Simon Hughes | 450 c36WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman ever think that the reason why Ministers take such a view about criminal law...

Oliver Heald | 450 c37-8WH (Link to this contribution) Certainly, there is sometimes a public perception that criminals are not being properly sentenced. M...

Philip Hollobone | 450 c37WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend believe that there is enough parliamentary scrutiny in the system with the Sente...

Oliver Heald | 450 c39WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister will agree, though, that it is important that the media should be able t...

Baroness Harman | 450 c38-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on his choice of su...

Baroness Harman | 450 c39WH (Link to this contribution) Yes; I accept the hon. Gentleman’s point. However, the climate can sometimes become difficult if the...

Oliver Heald | 450 c28WH (Link to this contribution) I am following closely what the hon. Gentleman says, and I agree with him. It is important that thos...

Simon Hughes | 450 c25-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to raise an important constitutional subject—the independence of t...

Simon Hughes | 450 c28-30WH (Link to this contribution) It is very worrying, and I am troubled. As I said earlier, we all remember that before becoming a sh...

Oliver Heald | 450 c31WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securing this de...

Speaker | 450 c31WH (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Heald.

Nick Clegg | 450 c32WH (Link to this contribution) Yes.

Speaker | 450 c32WH (Link to this contribution) Order. There may have been some confusion. I expected that another Member might rise, and that did n...

Oliver Heald | 450 c32WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Gale. I apologise: no discourtesy was intended and it was simply that neith...

Speaker | 450 c32WH (Link to this contribution) The custom is that the Liberal Front-Bench Spokesman is called first, then the official Opposition s...

Nick Clegg | 450 c32-4WH (Link to this contribution) The apology should be mine. I am unaccustomed to our having a double helping of contributions from t...

Speaker | 450 c32WH (Link to this contribution) No problem. I am sure that no discourtesy was intended, and none is felt.

Philip Hollobone | 450 c30WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I have followed his words with great inte...

Simon Hughes | 450 c30-1WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman asked a pair of interlinked questions. First, how in touch are judges at all leve...

Subjects

Administration of justice Constitutions Human rights Judiciary Media Political impartiality Sentencing Reform

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