Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill [HL]

This gives us an opportunity to look at whether the training is intended to embrace the increasin...

My Lords, I take this opportunity to raise a question, in the confines of this amendment, about t...

My Lords, one issue that arises is that, if we are to require more judicial training, it will hav...

Can the Minister say whether he thinks that Clause 1 of the Bill will make any significant contri...

My Lords, I will just add a footnote to what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, has said. Th...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness said, this amendment would require the Lord Chancellor to publish...

I am grateful to the Minister for that reassurance as to process and to other noble and learned L...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

2: After Clause 1, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I said at Second Reading that I regarded the area of judicial diversity as a significan...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for managing to table an amendment to this...

My Lords, I concur with the remarks of the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Marks. I remind the...

My Lords, this amendment would require the Secretary of State to assess and report on the impact ...

I apologise for intervening. Before the noble Baroness sits down—I love this convention—I was jus...

I think that the noble Baroness is perhaps not entirely understanding my comments. It is absolute...

My Lords, when the Minister started her response, I was tempted to accuse her of complacency. How...

Moved by

Baroness Chakrabarti

3: Clause 3, page 3, line 24, leave out subsection (3) ...

My Lords, currently the Bill provides that regulations under Clause 3 shall be made under the neg...

My Lords, there should be an upgrade here, in accordance with the proposed amendment.

My Lords, one of the things that might be reviewed is how the arrangements for delegating decisio...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. We are dealing here—at leas...

My Lords, on the matter of meeting the new challenge of litigants in person, particularly in the ...

My Lords, Amendment 3 relates to the power in Clause 3 for the Secretary of State to make consequ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, and in particular to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ju...

Moved by

Baroness Chakrabarti

5: The Schedule, page 6, line 36, at end insert—

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My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 6 and 7. These amendments in aggregate stipulate that a...

My Lords, I understand that the purpose of the amendment is to ease the burden on the courts. In ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness is right to be concerned about the expertise and experience of the p...

I am obliged to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, the noble Earl and the noble and learned Lo...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that. I certainly do not seek to place a straitjacket...

Moved by

Baroness Chakrabarti

8: The Schedule, page 10, line 33, at end insert—