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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Jack Straw.

Family Justice

Statement on the family justice review.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
485 c980-90 
Session
2008-09
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Jack Straw | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I do not dismiss children's concerns, but ultimately we have to make a choice. I believe—...
Jim Dobbin | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement. I have experience; a family came to see me who were co...
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Jack Straw | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) No, the press would not be allowed to report witnesses' names, because they are parties to the proce...
Roger Gale | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) The Justice Secretary has to understand that the increase in charges from hundreds to thousands of p...
Jack Straw | 485 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) The pilots will produce guidelines on the publication of anonymised judgments. Those guidelines will...
David Kidney | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) I welcome openness, but will my right hon. Friend confirm whether I am right in remembering that dur...
Jack Straw | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. The money—£40 million and more—is there and is being p...
Tim Loughton | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the proposals that the Justice Secretary has announced, although a lot of the details are ...
Jack Straw | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) I accept what my hon. Friend says. We are changing the position so that in future a judge cannot mak...
Jack Straw | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) The judgments in such cases are very difficult. Errors may sometimes be made, but I share the view, ...
Angela Watkinson | 485 c989 (Link to this contribution) The statement has rightly focused on the protection and welfare of children, but the family courts a...
Madeleine Moon | 485 c989 (Link to this contribution) Protecting the identity of the child and giving them the privacy that they rightly deserve in cases ...
Jack Straw | 485 c989 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. There is a balance to be struck. My view, based not least...
Elfyn Llwyd | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) The notion of written judgments is an excellent idea, given adequate resources, of course. As a prac...
Jack Straw | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) We are making appropriate arrangements in the pilot areas.
Rob Marris | 485 c988 (Link to this contribution) I welcome greater transparency. Wolverhampton, which I represent, will be a pilot area, in which ful...
Jack Straw | 485 c980-2 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the opening up of the family cou...
Lord Herbert of South Downs | 485 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Justice Secretary for early sight of his statement. The UN convention on the rights of t...
Jack Straw | 485 c983 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for the proposals. He teased me about the fact that the G...
David Leslie Taylor | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as a member of the Magistrates Association. The statement referred to all thos...
Viscount Hailsham | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the devil lies in the detail and I very much hope that we will be allowed to debate the d...
Jack Straw | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman; it is unusually good news that he is giving support to...
Jack Straw | 485 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) No, the original view—this is a binary choice. The reservations that the hon. Gentleman went on to ...
David Howarth | 485 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) I, too, broadly welcome the Secretary of State's statement as a move in the right direction. There i...
John Battle | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, particularly the reference to the family courts in Leeds. A recent survey o...
Jack Straw | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I entirely support my right hon. Friend. Any of us here—and I include myself—who as a chi...
Jack Straw | 485 c985 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for the proposals. He asked me a number of speci...
Speaker | 485 c986 (Link to this contribution) Order. I would appreciate some help. I realise that this subject does not necessarily lend itself to...
Jack Straw | 485 c990 (Link to this contribution) I have had absolutely no discussions with representatives of Muslim communities about the proposals....
Jack Straw | 485 c989 (Link to this contribution) I shall have to return to the hon. Gentleman, and to the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth), ...
Edward Timpson | 485 c990 (Link to this contribution) I, too, declare an interest as a member of the family Bar, although I do not currently practise. Ma...
Jack Straw | 485 c990 (Link to this contribution) Let me make it clear that the pilots relate to the publication of anonymised judgments. The major ch...
John Baron | 485 c990 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, but may I suggest to the Secretary of State that owing to the current level...
Jack Straw | 485 c990 (Link to this contribution) Of course I should be happy to see the hon. Gentleman, but he should bear in mind that social worker...
John Hemming | 485 c989 (Link to this contribution) I must declare an interest as co-ordinator of the Justice for Families campaign. One of the critica...
Mark Pritchard | 485 c989-90 (Link to this contribution) I welcome some of what the Secretary of State has laid before the House, particularly his comment ab...
Richard Ottaway | 485 c987 (Link to this contribution) I go slightly against the flow in saying that I am yet to be convinced by these proposals, and I wil...
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Children Disclosure of information Data protection Civil proceedings Family law Family proceedings Protection Press Media
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