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9 Mar 2026Topical Questions

T8. I was pleased to see that the schools White Paper outlines significant reforms to support children with special educational needs and disabilities. Will the Minister outline how the Department is working with colleagues in the Department for Education to ensure that efforts to tackle the NEETS crisis—those not in e

labour-marketeducationsocial-care
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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Thank you so much.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Can you see a pathway to the testing, trialling and scale?

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

My next question is to Dr Lisa Wintersteiger, and it relates to service delivery models. How are organisations that provide legal advice and low-cost legal representation innovating their service delivery models?

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

It is also a barrier to access to justice when there are backlogs.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

The circumstance that you have just described clearly sounds to me like a barrier to access to justice, as well as a bit of a blocker for the efficiency of the court.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Dr Drake, you mentioned small claims litigation earlier, and I want to give you the opportunity to speak a little bit more about that, particularly in the context of the impact of regulation on access to justice. I am aware that you have previously argued that removing small claims track litigation as a reserved legal

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Good afternoon. My name is Linsey Farnsworth. I am the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, and a former Crown prosecutor. I am the co-chair of the APPG on legal and constitutional affairs, a member of the access to justice APPG, and everything else is as per the register.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Thank you so much.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Can you see a pathway to the testing, trialling and scale?

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

My next question is to Dr Lisa Wintersteiger, and it relates to service delivery models. How are organisations that provide legal advice and low-cost legal representation innovating their service delivery models?

31
10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

It is also a barrier to access to justice when there are backlogs.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

The circumstance that you have just described clearly sounds to me like a barrier to access to justice, as well as a bit of a blocker for the efficiency of the court.

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Dr Drake, you mentioned small claims litigation earlier, and I want to give you the opportunity to speak a little bit more about that, particularly in the context of the impact of regulation on access to justice. I am aware that you have previously argued that removing small claims track litigation as a reserved legal

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10 Feb 2026Justice Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1247)

Good afternoon. My name is Linsey Farnsworth. I am the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, and a former Crown prosecutor. I am the co-chair of the APPG on legal and constitutional affairs, a member of the access to justice APPG, and everything else is as per the register.

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5 Feb 2026Domestic Animals: Welfare

8. What steps she is taking to help improve the welfare of domestic animals.

culture-communitysocial-care
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5 Feb 2026Road Safety

Driving instructors and cyclists in my constituency have contacted me because they are concerned that experienced drivers are not aware of the 2022 changes to the highway code. Does the hon. Member agree that a campaign for greater awareness among experienced drivers would be welcome?

transportcrimesocial-care
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5 Feb 2026 National Cancer Plan

I thank the Minister for this excellent plan. In 1989, my wonderful mother Margaret passed away from bowel cancer. She died about six weeks after she was diagnosed. She had not wanted to go to her GP because she did not want to be a burden on the already overstretched NHS. Will the Minister join me in encouraging anyon

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5 Feb 2026 Occupied Palestinian Territories: Genocide Risk Assessment

On 2 October, as part of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, I voted in favour of a resolution on the “devastating humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. Paragraph 8 of the resolution referred to the UN Human Rights Council’s finding that genocide was taking place, which the hon. Gentl

defenceculture-communityother
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5 Feb 2026Road Safety

Dave, a driving instructor in Amber Valley, contacts me regularly about road safety—he is a passionate advocate. However, he is concerned about the consultation in the road safety strategy on a three-month or six-month minimum learning period. Does my hon. Friend agree with Dave that structured training and lesson time

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