Speeches by Juss.

“Those six hours are not remunerated?”

“Have you looked at any other jurisdictions? Do we have something to learn from the way their legal aid systems work?”

“Back to me on the financial viability of firms. We have spoken a lot about litigants in person. You already commented on the effect that the current legal aid system has on the financial sustainability of firms and the loss-making work that firms have to do. I am really glad, Ms Brimelow, that you made the comment in a…”

“Ms Brimelow, you already confirmed that the exceptional case funding scheme is not effective in securing access to justice so I will just take that as an answer, unless you have anything else to say.”

“To a large extent you have already answered the questions that I was going to ask you, and I welcome the comments that you have all made about what you consider to be access to justice. How does the present legal aid scheme affect providers and service users, and how does it impact early intervention and the cost to go…”

“I have a final question. Would your view be either to get rid of fixed costs or just increase the levels of the range on which fixed costs are payable? Mr Miller, as you rightly pointed out, cases that ought to be settled—and I have heard this from clinical negligence lawyers—are not settling because the defendant take…”

“Any prisoner absconding is, of course, bad news and something that should not happen, but does the Minister agree that it is a symptom of the broken-down prison system that we inherited from the previous Government and something that we are now trying to sort out? Can she confirm that the rate of prisoners absconding i…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement and for all the work that he has been doing on these issues. What reason has the Israeli Government given for stopping NGOs operating in Gaza? If it is clear, as has been mentioned by other Members, that it is a deliberate act of cruelty to prevent healthcare and aid going into Ga…”

“I welcome the confirmation that the Government support international law and now want to see a safe and peaceful transition to a legitimate Government that reflects the will of the people in Venezuela, but does the Foreign Secretary at least agree that if Donald Trump’s unilateral action was in breach of international …”

“20. What steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.”

“Justice delayed is justice denied is the harsh reality for the nearly 80,000 cases that are currently waiting to be heard in the Crown court. I am pleased that the Government are taking action to modernise our justice system and to be reassured that the sanctity of jury trials will be preserved. Considering that only 3…”

“Yes, thank you. Lord Chancellor, I have a question that follows on from the question that was raised by the MP for Congleton. She mentioned the six-year wait that women rape victims face. The charity Rape Crisis prepared a report last month, further to a previous report from 2023. It said that 17% of the backlog in the…”

“Lord Chancellor, when it comes to providing support services for offenders and the issue of stopping the reoffending by women offenders, over 80% of criminal justice-involved women have themselves suffered abuse at some point in their lives, and have been either diagnosed with a mental condition or referred for one. A …”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I am a solicitor, but not practising; I am also a member of the GMB trade union executive council and of various APPGs.”

“Last month was National Care Leavers’ Month. I had the pleasure of attending a question time event in my constituency, where I was interviewed by some incredible young people, including care leavers from across Wolverhampton. Will the Leader of the House first please join me in congratulating those young people on putt…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) for securing the debate. I also thank the team at Fairtrade UK for their incredible work; it was a pleasure to attend their festive reception in Parliament yesterday afternoon. I have been a…”

“Currently, if a prisoner leaves custody and they do not have settled accommodation, they could be held to be in breach of their licence conditions and then they could be recalled again. Do you think that is right?”

“As a matter of principle, do you think it is right that somebody who has not been able to get settled accommodation is therefore held to be in breach of their licence conditions and gets recalled?”

“Are there any other views as to why they are more likely to be homeless?”

“Beyond the 84-day period, what is the success rate for people finding suitable accommodation?”