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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Horam (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 December 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.

No. What I am saying is that the judicial reviews raised by Travellers in Bromley were ultimately found to be completely meritless. They were meritless because Bromley Council, which has more Travellers than any other council in the country, had plans on how to deal with Traveller sites. Therefore, it was an argument about the nature of the problem of dealing with Travellers. It was not something that could be dealt with by judicial review. That is my point. The abuse of judicial review arises from the fact that questions of merit are being subject to judicial review simply because lobbyists and others are using judicial review as a route to object to proposals they do not like.

If I can complete the list of examples, it was not only green belt and Travellers—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c1755 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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