Speeches by Juss.

“Yes. I am Warinder Juss. I am a member of the GMB executive council. I am a solicitor and a member of various APPGs.”

“We visited the Central London county court last year, and we were really impressed with how hard the staff worked and how diligently they just got on with their jobs. We did see lots of paper files. The place was overflowing with paper files. We have already discussed this but when a case is transferred from the High C…”

“Do HMCTS staff have the digital tools and the training to deliver an effective service at the moment, or is that still a work in progress?”

“The Association of HM District Judges said that there are “too few staff” to support the work of the courts. Lord Justice Colin Birss said it is a “constant frustration” that people are leaving HMCTS to go to other parts of the public sector that pay better. It is an issue. That probably explains why we have particular…”

“If I can just move on to judges, the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls have both raised concerns about over-reliance on fee-paid judges and said that having fee-paid judges creates a less smooth disposition of justice. Do you agree with that?”

“Will the hon. Lady join me in commending Compton Care hospice in my constituency? The hospice, which I visited recently, does great work raising funds, and it really welcomed the £100 million support provided by this Government. However, the hospice emphasised to me that if it was not there to provide social care, ther…”

“Israel is supposed to be an ally of ours. Does the Minister agree that its treatment of our hon. Friends is not only an affront but a further indication of the Israeli Government’s desire to show no transparency in respect of their actions, and not to respect human rights?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. I want to raise a question that I am often asked. We have spoken about quick fixes. The problem is that we fix a few potholes, but the disrepair reappears. Does she agree that we should focus on resurfacing our roads?”

“Does the Lord Chancellor agree that the previous Government were consulted on and, indeed, welcomed the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines, and therefore it is totally unfair of Conservative Members to accuse this Government of having a two-tier system? Does she agree that it is yet another example of this Government …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing a debate on this serious and important topic. Across England and Wales, there has been a 113% increase in drug-related fatalities in the last decade, and the impact of illegal drugs costs the G…”

“The Hughes report actually recommends that women affected by pelvic mesh should receive an initial interim payment of £25,000, followed by a main payment. Does the hon. Member agree that that interim payment would be of some comfort to the women she has mentioned, and mean that they could at least begin to try to get r…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson) for securing this important debate and for all the work she does on this issue. As I mentioned earlier, I specialised in pursuing clinical negligence claims on behalf of women w…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. Before I became an MP, I specialised exclusively in dealing with compensation claims on behalf of women who had suffered from the use of vaginal mesh. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that the mesh was sold to patients as a gold standard, and they were misled. Does she…”

“Last week and at the weekend, the opening ceremony, group games, semi-finals and finals of the kabaddi world cup were played at WV Active Aldersley in my constituency of Wolverhampton West. The rest of the games were played at other venues in the west midlands. This is the first time ever that the kabaddi world cup has…”

“It is obvious that saying that we strongly oppose hostilities and that we are appalled by Israel’s action is having absolutely no effect on Netanyahu, who said of the death of 400 Palestinians—most of whom were women and children—that it was “only the beginning”. It is not right that the ordinary people of Palestine sh…”

“7. What steps he is taking to tackle fly-tipping.”

“Although City of Wolverhampton council is to be congratulated on introducing a range of initiatives to tackle fly-tipping, including deploying drones, raising the fine for fly-tipping to £1,000 and rewarding those who identify culprits with gift cards, fly-tipping in my constituency of Wolverhampton West costs Wolverha…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank the hon. Member for Ceredigion Preseli (Ben Lake) for securing this important debate. I also declare my interest as a member of the Justice Committee. I read about Brian Buckle’s case this morning, and I want to express how sorry I am for what he went t…”

“I will make this really quick. We had a presentation at one of the previous Committee meetings on how lawyers can use AI to make their jobs really easy because AI would tell you the next step you need to undertake in your case. Do you foresee judges using such a facility in the future?”

“Can I ask you about fixed recoverable costs? In more than 30 years of practising as a PI and clinical negligence lawyer, I absolutely agree with you: every single one of my clients wanted an early resolution and a quick settlement to their claim. You mentioned that legal aid is much less than it was before with the inc…”