Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]

My hon. Friend is slightly jumping the gun—we will come to that in more detail later—but I can gi...

Will the right hon. Lady confirm that the legislation has been driven by the behaviour of certain...

I understand the sentiment behind my hon. Friend’s question. I can reassure him that we have been...

I wonder whether my right hon. Friend could provide me with some clarification. She says that the...

My hon. and learned Friend raises an issue in which he is well versed. If I do not provide a comp...

The fundamental problem is not necessarily the costs paid at the end of the case, but the costs o...

My hon. Friend pre-empts something that I will cover in more detail later. I will not only deal w...

Is it not the case that the incentives are so powerful—with the exemplary damages and the require...

I gently remind my hon. Friend that the criteria used in reaching judgments will not be determine...

But is it not the case that Ministers, albeit with senior members of the Opposition, have agreed ...

I would say to my hon. Friend that when I have heard people talk about the approach they want the...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

There are lots of people who want to take part in the debate on these amendments, so if my hon. F...

We in this corner of the Chamber have been discussing definitions and wondering which magazines w...

My hon. Friend tempts me to repeat what I have just said, but perhaps he should read Hansard or t...

One could easily envisage a railway enthusiasts’ magazine which had a range of authors whose mate...

We have clearly set out the direction that we are going in, and it is there in the information fo...

The Minister mentioned publications that would not fall into the category of “relevant publisher”...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman knows that such instances already arise and that they are cover...

I rise to support the Government new clauses in the group and the manuscript new clauses standing...

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If the hon. Gentleman is going to ask me a difficult, complicated question, I can tell him the an...

I am delighted to observe that the Labour party studied the legislation in such detail before pre...

The royal charter requires the regulator to provide for an inexpensively run arbitration service ...

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That is how we understand that the system will work. May I invite the hon. and learned Member for...

What a charming way of allowing an intervention! I should have thought that a fellow member of th...

I am well aware that many arbitration cases are incredibly complex—for example, those in the cons...

We are being asked to legislate for exemplary damages here in this House, so does that mean that ...

No, because there is no statute that says, “We are setting up a system and we are passing a law t...

There is clearly a very strong disincentive to go into the scheme for those who might qualify, bu...

Any publication could apply to be a member of a regulator. It would find out whether it came with...

I am listening to the right hon. and learned Lady with interest, although she reminds me of Georg...

We are not talking about any old person’s view of deliberate or reckless disregard or conduct of ...

Lord Hutton was a judge.

The hon. Gentleman needs to calm down and relax. We are giving the courts an opportunity to exerc...

Would the right hon. and learned Lady like to clarify that? Will she make it clear that when she ...

The Leader of the Opposition, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister all acknowledged t...

I thank the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for ...

Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that there appears to be, in effect, almost a mirror image ...

I think that I largely agree with my hon. Friend. The first limb relates to unconstitutional stat...

My hon. and learned Friend is making a very good case. Does he agree that the PCC was notoriously...

Order. The hon. Gentleman’s intervention is exceptionally lengthy. I know that he has a distingui...

What the PCC was good at was dealing with unfairness—the hideous intrusion on private grief, the ...

Is my hon. and learned Friend saying that this proposed policy is a complete waste of time and th...

I most certainly am not saying that it is a complete waste of time. I am saying that we should no...

I have been enjoying my hon. and learned Friend’s speech for the past 20 minutes and I believe th...

I do apologise if I did not make myself clear. I will try to do so again, but perhaps rather more...

indicated assent.

The second point is that, although I support the measures, I suspect that they will be of limited...

It is a genuine pleasure to follow the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Sir Edward Garnier...

I very much hope that the charter will act as a catalyst for good behaviour, as well as everythin...

I normally lean on the optimistic side—the sun rises every morning; I am glad I am still alive an...

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Order. Just before I call the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes), ...

I rise to thank the Secretary of State for introducing this group of new clauses and amendments, ...

Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that if a journalist goes to someone’s door and there are othe...

I do not want to elaborate—I want to sit down and let others get in—but let me give an example. I...

There are other victims of this whole process, some of whom were revealed in the evidence to Leve...

Our constituents want a press that does not abuse the innocent, but that exposes the wrongdoer, t...

Is not the key to the matter the fact that this will be the law, and that it therefore constitute...

I hesitate at any stage in my parliamentary career to disagree on a matter either of parliamentar...

I rise to challenge the hyperbole of the Government Front-Bench team on this particular measure, ...

The right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) spoke of the importance ...

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the Aye Lobby.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government new clause 16—Restrain...

Given the time pressure on our consideration of this large and disparate group, I propose to spea...

Order. I apologise for interrupting the Minister. May I gently say to the House that a number of ...

Since the introduction of the 2002 Act, a system of means-testing for legal aid has been introduc...

We support new clauses 15 and 16 and we welcome their inclusion in the Bill, although the Governm...

I rise to speak to new clause 14, which stands in my name, supported by the hon. Member for Stock...

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Order. Before I call the next speaker, I would like to accommodate others as well, if at all poss...

I rise fleetingly to speak in support of my amendment 1, which relates to the payment of fines. I...

I rise briefly in support of new clauses 12 and 14, which were put forward so ably by my hon. Fri...

I will speak to new clause 12, which I tabled along with the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abin...

This is the parliamentary equivalent of “Just a Minute”.

I will speak to the amendments in ...

On the last point, I think it is fair to say that the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The Bill has undoubtedly been enha...

I want to press the Home Secretary further on that point. When does she think parliamentary time ...

I think the chances of it being before the end of this Session are pretty slim—the Leader of the ...

So, at this late hour, we finally reach the Third Reading of the Crime and Courts Bill and gather...

It is a matter of concern that we read in the papers back home today that someone who is involved...

There are some very serious gaps as a result of the Bill. The Government chose the timing of its ...

I congratulate all those who have had rather more to do with this Bill than I have on getting to ...

The Home Secretary began by noting how much the Bill had improved since Second Reading. As one wh...

Because of his experience in Northern Ireland, the right hon. Gentleman is well aware of the impo...

I am happy to agree with my right hon. Friend. That is a very important point. Let me put a rheto...

My right hon. Friend will recall from the debate last week that some of us made clear that we had...

I warmly welcome what my hon. Friend has said. He will recall that last week I intervened on his ...

The Home Secretary introduced her remarks by referring to how the Bill had been enhanced by parli...

I want to speak very briefly on the royal charter, if I may do so again. As a former journalist o...