Speeches by Vaughan.

“Thank you for your answers so far, Ms Shah. Under the Legal Services Act 2007, one regulatory objective that the LSB has to oversee is encouraging an independent and diverse legal profession. I know that the LSB is currently consulting on obligations to improve diversity in the professions. One proposal is to require r…”

“Hi. My name is Tony Vaughan. I am a barrister with a practising certificate, an associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers. I was appointed King’s Counsel last year. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.”

“Thank you, all of you, for your evidence so far. I want to ask about commissioned rehabilitative services. Aside from in Greater Manchester, these are commissioned centrally. The overarching theme of these questions is whether you feel you have been allocated the resource you need in order to meet the needs of your ser…”

“Good afternoon. My name is Tony Vaughan. I am the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. I have a practising certificate as a barrister. I am an associate tenant of Doughty Street Chambers, and I draw attention to my interests in the register.”

“Thank you, all of you, for your evidence so far. I want to ask about commissioned rehabilitative services. Aside from in Greater Manchester, these are commissioned centrally. The overarching theme of these questions is whether you feel you have been allocated the resource you need in order to meet the needs of your ser…”

“Good afternoon. My name is Tony Vaughan. I am the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. I have a practising certificate as a barrister. I am an associate tenant of Doughty Street Chambers, and I draw attention to my interests in the register.”

“Can you tell us a little more about that? Quite a lot of people in the criminal justice system have neurodiversity, and the failure to deal with that has often led to the problems.”

“Can you tell us a little more about that? Quite a lot of people in the criminal justice system have neurodiversity, and the failure to deal with that has often led to the problems.”

“Chris, the challenge in Greater Manchester is slightly different. Could you say something generally about resources, but also about joint working and information sharing between probation and other organisations, and whether that can be more effective?”

“Chris, the challenge in Greater Manchester is slightly different. Could you say something generally about resources, but also about joint working and information sharing between probation and other organisations, and whether that can be more effective?”

“I welcome the Home Secretary’s commitment to community sponsorship of refugees who come here under proposed new safe and legal routes; we have several good examples of that in my constituency. What steps is she taking, in line with the recent asylum policy statement, to allow more communities like mine to sponsor refug…”

“Why is that significant for the issues you are talking about?”

“So this Committee understands exactly what that means, does it mean not asking judicial referees who are not the ones nominated on the form, essentially?”

“Pausing there, I declare that I acted for Kate Thomas in the Court of Appeal before that hearing.”

“I want to confirm that, essentially, you are saying that, if the references were made public as a matter of course, there would perhaps be greater discipline on the part of the person providing the reference to ensure everything in it was true.”

“Mr Monteith, you explored in your report the concept of merit in judicial selections. You criticised that mechanism as essentially embedding unfairness in the selection process rather than identifying genuine judicial potential. Could you explain to the Committee a bit more about what you mean? I read your criticism of…”

“Hello. I am Tony Vaughan, the MP for Folkestone and Hythe. I am a barrister. I am an associate tenant in Doughty Street Chambers. I also used to be in chambers with Mr Monteith, some years ago.”

“Good to see you. I would otherwise draw attention to my entry on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.”

“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which includes my status as a barrister. Let us remind ourselves of the issues here. It is unacceptable that criminal trials should be listed today for 2030. That is a failure of the state. It is a failure of the state to provide …”

“I practised as a civil lawyer for most of my career, and I have been challenging written reasons and decisions my whole career. I do not have a problem with judges issuing written reasons in the criminal jurisdiction. I think it is a way of getting more transparency about why those decisions have been made. That is my …”