Speeches by Russell.

“What extent of protection do you think the public need from AI?”

“You commented that the case for a review of the reserved legal activities is growing. Which reserved legal activities do you think need to change?”

“Have you done a review of what complaints you had about this organisation? It bought a lot of firms quite rapidly, didn’t it? Did you have ongoing complaints about it?”

“When does that programme deliver?”

“In terms of the specific review about the information you had about PM Law, when will that be complete?”

“What are you doing about costs? To put that comment into some context, I am a solicitor, but my experience of friends and family using law firms is that they have not received transparent information up front about costs and that they have been consistently surprised by the bills that they received. As a solicitor, I f…”

“In terms of the specific review about the information you had about PM Law, when will that be complete?”

“The reality is that if you have an ongoing legal matter and you need ongoing support, you do not want to upset your lawyer by putting in a formal complaint about them, let alone complain to the SRA in any way, shape or form. My gut feeling is that if you did some survey work of the type that you have described of peopl…”

“When does that programme deliver?”

“I know that the thoughts of the whole House are with the families, as are mine. One of the many aspects of what has gone wrong here relates to children’s mental health services. Will the Home Secretary please outline what we are doing about the workforce in children’s mental health services? There is a real shortage of…”

“4. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases involving violence against women and girls.”

“I very much welcome that news. Prosecution rates in cases involving violence against women and girls are shamefully low. I strongly welcome the Government’s ambition to tackle violence against women and girls, including our manifesto commitments to fast-track rape cases and introduce specialist courts. Will the Ministe…”

“I quoted extensively from that, too, in my speech. It is very worrying.”

“I have two questions. One is about unrepresented litigants, about whom I have significant concerns. The movement of cases into the magistrates court will produce a large number of unrepresented litigants. What impact do you think that will have on relative timesaving? My second question is about the fundamentals of Sir…”

“Hello. My name is Sarah Russell. I am a solicitor. I have practised employment law. I have a current practising certificate. I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on access to justice. I am a member of various trade unions, and the rest of my interests are as declared on the register.”

“Mr Monteith, I am going to put some things to you. I quoted your study in my speech in the Chamber recently. I am going to put forward some stuff, but I start from the position of being very sympathetic to your views. One thing that has been said when these issues are raised is that the Deputy Prime Minister replied, “…”

“I have to leave the room in 10 minutes.”

“Since 2004, the limit on relief for small employers at which they can reclaim statutory maternity pay has been set at £45,000. Small and medium-sized enterprises want to support working parents, but they need our help to do so. Will the Minister confirm whether that will be looked at as part of the parental leave revie…”

“9. What recent progress he has made on improving parental rights at work.”

“What does the right hon. Gentleman say about the freedom of women to walk the streets without fearing for their physical safety? What does he say about the freedom of women who have made allegations of rape, and who are waiting six years between reporting to the police and having a trial? Does he recognise that those a…”