Speeches by Dixon.

“In that case, it could change from in-person to remote hearings partway through. That application can be made at any stage.”

“It would be extremely helpful, in due course, to get more information about how many of those gaps still exist and what your mitigations are, as well as the progress you are making on closing those gaps in access to legal aid.”

“Have you identified other areas where you think fees also need reviewing?”

“Can I follow up? Thank you for that very comprehensive answer. In terms of the provider market, it sounds like you have identified some of the inefficiencies and wasted bureaucracy in the process, and it is good that you have got more flexible procurement in place. How is that actually translating into net capacity to …”

“Jane, you mentioned that you are doing what sounds like an internal redesign and review of legal aid that is just getting started. What is the timescale for that to deliver some benefits and proposals for restructure? Do you think some of them will require changes to legislation?”

“No, I have not just walked in. This is the third speech I have listened to.”

“The right hon. Gentleman is making a passionate and principled speech about punishment, but we are dealing here with practicalities. The Public Accounts Committee, of which I am a member, has looked at the prison estate capacity. There was a pledge under the previous Government for 20,000 additional prison places; just…”

“My hon. Friend is making a very strong argument, drawing parallels between gambling addiction and drug and alcohol abuse. Earlier this year, as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, I questioned Government officials about the endemic use of drugs in prisons. The Carol Black report looked at this back in 2020—”

“Referring to my earlier comments, the data show that one in four prisoners are drug users and have a drug and alcohol problem, and they constitute many of the reoffenders. Given that data, does the right hon. Member not agree with me that we should be rehabilitating and medically treating those addictions, so that they…”

“I welcome my right hon. Friend’s clarification that charities would still be able to provide these placements. I have a fantastic charity in my constituency, upCYCLE, which teaches bike maintenance skills to help rehabilitate people. Currently, that is done in prisons, but when there are more community sentences, that …”

“A lot of drug users are repeat offenders, as my hon. Friend was saying about those with a gambling addiction. Does she agree that a shift to community provision might enable people to get the rehabilitation they need for their addiction, whether it be drugs, alcohol or gambling?”

“It was just a follow-up to Conrad’s point about the NHS and service line accounting. This issue is decades long. I remember when Monitor was first introduced to get NHS trusts to have the basic information to benchmark costs. Could you give a use case of how, when that data is available, as it is in the NHS, it has res…”

“I did not think I was down to ask any questions in this session.”

“It is an element of the visa fees. This is why they stand at 211% of cost recovery.”

“Good morning. I am just going to pick up where we left off on figure 12 and this recognition that, in some areas, there may be other policy objectives beyond cost recovery. We have discussed that in relation to court and tribunal fees, where it is very important that there is fair access to justice and, therefore, reco…”

“In making that decision to permit that, it is specific about where that overallocation then goes in terms of it being, basically, to top up general revenues raised from taxes. I am just trying to get that clear.”

“Effectively, it is a taking something out of a fee and putting it in with other general taxes. This is what I am trying to understand.”

“We could have two hypotheticals. If there was a policy objective to try to recoup some of the costs of gambling harm for gambling addiction services in the NHS, would it be possible, for example, to levy that on to gambling licences, or on, for example, driving licence fees to ameliorate some of the enforcement costs o…”

“In terms of where we were going in relation to perhaps removing some of the decision-making from Parliament, it is very clear from your response that, where there is an additional fee over and above cost recovery for another policy objective, that should still be subject to a parliamentary oversight process, whereas in…”

“I very much support Sarah Olney’s campaign and I will no doubt pick that up with you afterwards. I have had constituents facing similar barriers to a fair hearing at employment tribunal, in part because there has been some issue about whether the judge’s notes in these cases should be made available and there is a very…”