To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Isleworth (Fleming Way) Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times and increase test availability at that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Isleworth (Fleming Way) Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times and increase test availability at that...

Lords question for short debate on what progress they are making in moving the Supreme Court to the Middlesex Guildhall.

Lords question for short debate on what progress they are making in moving the Supreme Court to the Middlesex Guildhall.

asked Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in moving the Supreme Court to the Middlesex Guildhall. The noble and learned Lord said: My Lords, your Lordships will have noticed that the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, was due to reply to this short debate, but since she has been...

asked Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in moving the Supreme Court to the Middlesex Guildhall. The noble and learned Lord said: My Lords, your Lordships will have noticed that the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, was due to reply to this short debate, but since she has been...

My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to follow the noble and learned Lord’s presentation of this case and to make the point that, quite apart from the extravagance involved, which he described so well, the more one looks at it, the more one realises that the theoretical...

My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to follow the noble and learned Lord’s presentation of this case and to make the point that, quite apart from the extravagance involved, which he described so well, the more one looks at it, the more one realises that the theoretical...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, has returned us to an important issue. As I expected, his purpose is not just to get the information requested by his Question, which could have been obtained by tabling a Question for Written Answer, but to suggest that...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, has returned us to an important issue. As I expected, his purpose is not just to get the information requested by his Question, which could have been obtained by tabling a Question for Written Answer, but to suggest that...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, for raising this Question. I wish to raise two concerns relating to the relationship of the courts to the citizen, and the relationship of the courts to the Executive. When the Constitutional Reform Bill was...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, for raising this Question. I wish to raise two concerns relating to the relationship of the courts to the citizen, and the relationship of the courts to the Executive. When the Constitutional Reform Bill was...

My Lords, I thought it appropriate that one of those who is to work in the building that we are discussing should contribute to this debate. My qualification for doing so is that for the past three years I have been chairman of a Law Lords’ sub-committee, of which the...

My Lords, I thought it appropriate that one of those who is to work in the building that we are discussing should contribute to this debate. My qualification for doing so is that for the past three years I have been chairman of a Law Lords’ sub-committee, of which the...

My Lords, it is my privilege from these Benches also to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to his new position. I am sure that we shall be in discussion on many issues. I have always been impressed by his grasp of whatever brief he has taken up, and I...

My Lords, it is my privilege from these Benches also to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to his new position. I am sure that we shall be in discussion on many issues. I have always been impressed by his grasp of whatever brief he has taken up, and I...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to his new position. He comes from an area in which he had huge expertise. I wish him well as he accepts this new challenge. I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, for...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to his new position. He comes from an area in which he had huge expertise. I wish him well as he accepts this new challenge. I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, for...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for welcoming me to my first appearance at the Dispatch Box speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and the noble Baroness, Lady Seccombe, for their warm words of welcome and I thank the...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for welcoming me to my first appearance at the Dispatch Box speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and the noble Baroness, Lady Seccombe, for their warm words of welcome and I thank the...

My Lords, is the Minister saying that the Court of Appeal is independent in a way that the Appellate Committee of this House is not?

My Lords, is the Minister saying that the Court of Appeal is independent in a way that the Appellate Committee of this House is not?

My Lords, not at all. I am responding to the noble Lord’s point suggesting that moving the Law Lords into the Supreme Court as a separately identified entity will somehow introduce untoward pressure on them. I reject that. I believe that separate identification will enhance the credibility of and public...

My Lords, not at all. I am responding to the noble Lord’s point suggesting that moving the Law Lords into the Supreme Court as a separately identified entity will somehow introduce untoward pressure on them. I reject that. I believe that separate identification will enhance the credibility of and public...

My right hon. and noble Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has today made the following written ministerial statement."““I wish to update you on the development of the UK Supreme Court in the light of recent progress.""The Supreme Court Implementation Programme is on target to deliver...

My right hon. and noble Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has today made the following written ministerial statement."““I wish to update you on the development of the UK Supreme Court in the light of recent progress.""The Supreme Court Implementation Programme is on target to deliver...

I wish to update you on the development of the UK Supreme Court in the light of recent progress. The Supreme Court implementation programme is on target to deliver the Supreme Court at Middlesex Guildhall in time for the start of the legal year in October 2009. We achieved two...

I wish to update you on the development of the UK Supreme Court in the light of recent progress. The Supreme Court implementation programme is on target to deliver the Supreme Court at Middlesex Guildhall in time for the start of the legal year in October 2009. We achieved two...

What surveys or investigations concerning River Crane in Isleworth have been carried out or authorised by or on behalf of MAFF & what financial assistance is being given or promised to National Rivers Authority for works connected with River Crane.

What surveys or investigations concerning River Crane in Isleworth have been carried out or authorised by or on behalf of MAFF & what financial assistance is being given or promised to National Rivers Authority for works connected with River Crane.