Speeches by Juss.

“My hon. Friend has made some excellent points. Tettenhall in my constituency is a significantly populated suburb of Wolverhampton, where residents face similar problems to those highlighted by my hon. Friend. Constituents say that they have little or no signal and they struggle to make contact with family and friends. …”

“The hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. On his last point, there has been no new legislation to deal with antisocial firework use for over two decades. Some 557 of my constituents signed these petitions. Since being elected I have dealt with 150 separate cases in my constituency of Wolverhampton West; const…”

“I have spent many years celebrating with fireworks in my garden, as my hon. Friend mentioned, and I have had the pleasure of having firework displays with my children. However, does she agree that things have got a bit too far in that we are seeing fireworks throughout the year? Of course, we expect fireworks to go off…”

“My hon. Friend is making some excellent points. A constituent of mine has a dog that is terribly frightened whenever fireworks are going on. She is simply saying, “Can we not have some kind of a limit, where fireworks don’t go off after 11 pm, for example?”. She recalls an occasion where she had to get up at four o’clo…”

“I remember walking around Featherstone and Oakwood prisons, near my constituency of Wolverhampton West, and seeing how well the incentivised substance-free living units appeared to be working. The Government’s own data suggests that prisoners on such units are 30% less likely to be involved in violence or self-harm. Do…”

“Although I am a proud Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and, as a season ticket holder, regularly go to football games, for much of my life I was prevented and discouraged from going to a football game. I was told that because I wore a turban and because of the colour of my skin, I would be attacked. Can the Home Secretary a…”

“And diversity, yes. That is why I make that suggestion, but I would like to hear from the rest of the panel.”

“Ninety per cent of criminal cases are dealt with by magistrates. I don’t think anybody would say that they are not dealing with those cases properly. I am glad that you have clarified the distinction between a professional magistrate and a lay magistrate. I had a friend who was not happy with that distinction being mad…”

“I can understand why the public might think that they would like to be tried by their peers. Brian Leveson proposed that the Crown court bench division would constitute a judge sitting alongside two magistrates, without a jury. He said that would “maintain fair trial standards”. He said it would bring in “the community…”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I hold a current practising certificate—I am a solicitor but not practising—and I am a member of the GMB trade union executive council, as well as being a member of various APPGs.”

“Yes.”

“Ninety per cent of criminal cases are dealt with by magistrates. I don’t think anybody would say that they are not dealing with those cases properly. I am glad that you have clarified the distinction between a professional magistrate and a lay magistrate. I had a friend who was not happy with that distinction being mad…”

“Do you accept that, because magistrates are chosen from a wider pool of people, they will bring a level of diversity and community experience that judges alone will not, and that this is probably why Brian Leveson suggested that the bench division should be a judge and two magistrates?”

“We will not have a jury where the sentence is expected to be three years or less—that is going to be the cut-off point. Do you anticipate any problems with that three-year period?”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I hold a current practising certificate—I am a solicitor but not practising—and I am a member of the GMB trade union executive council, as well as being a member of various APPGs.”

“Many hon. Members have mentioned the need for universities to have extra funding to meet this statutory duty of care. Does the hon. Member agree that it is not always an issue of funding, but can be one of mindset? In Natasha Abrahart’s case, the matter could have been dealt, with without the need for extra funding, ju…”

“So it is not an issue for you.”

“Just so that I am clear in my own mind, there is no issue about jury trials taking longer because juries are taking more time to consider and deliberate, with cases becoming more complex and additional disclosure to consider as well, and therefore there would be a time saving from just having a judge-only trial.”

“Does my hon. Friend find it surprising, as I do, that whereas there are duties of care on workplaces, prisons, hospitals and colleges, and owed by manufacturers to consumers, no duty of care is owed by universities to students?”

“Ms Sackman, in the previous panel, Riel Karmy-Jones KC appeared to accept the Leveson review’s claim that jury trials for the most serious indictable offences have more than doubled in hearing time since 2001, but her response was that that was not because of having a jury. Do you agree with that? If not, why not?”