Speeches by Juss.

“I totally take on board the point about proportionality. That is important, but my concern is about access to justice. Looking at all the clients I have dealt with in the past, a lot of them just want justice. They want an acknowledgement of the fact that they have been wronged. They do not necessarily want huge amount…”

“Hello, I am the MP for Wolverhampton West. Before becoming an MP, I specialised in personal injury and clinical negligence claims, working for Thompsons Solicitors. I hold a practising certificate, but I am not practising at the moment. I am a member of the GMB trade union and sit on the executive council, and I am a m…”

“Just very quickly, Sir Geoffrey, you mentioned employment tribunal claims. You can get multi-party claims in ET claims as well, so have you had similar difficulties when there have been multi-party ET claims?”

“The recruitment crisis is with salaried district judges in London and the south-east. I live in Wolverhampton. It could be possible for someone like me to apply for a district judge’s job in London because traveling is not that bad. Would you agree with that? Is there anything proactive being done to encourage more sol…”

“Sir Geoffrey, you mentioned the White Book and described it as too long and cumbersome. I agree with you. I never enjoyed reading the White Book, even though I had to do it to do my job. You have suggested a foundational reform. What would that involve? What is that foundational reform going to be? Do you think that re…”

“I congratulate the hon. Gentleman, a Justice Committee colleague, on securing this debate. Victims of domestic violence are often women. Does he believe we would likely give domestic violence more attention if it were classified as domestic abuse? Does he think that might make a difference in giving more attention to d…”

“Last week I attended the community pub hero awards in Parliament and saw Terry Cole and Keith Fulwood from the Royal Oak pub in Chapel Ash in my constituency receive awards for best community fundraising hero and outstanding contribution for their voluntary work in supporting the NHS by delivering blood and medication …”

“Last week, at a Justice Committee hearing, it was confirmed that an effective probation service is essential to the rehabilitation of offenders and to prevent reoffending. However, over the years the service has been under immense strain owing to increased demand. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure t…”

“10. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the plan for change mission entitled “Break Down Barriers to Opportunity”.”

“What specific steps are being taken to ensure that the plan for change will help those in my constituency of Wolverhampton West who have historically faced systemic barriers to opportunity, such as those with special educational needs, those from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those from a background of lower socioec…”

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“Last year, only four in 10 knife possessions resulted in any formal criminal justice outcome. Does the Home Secretary agree that by increasing police powers to seize, retain and destroy knives that may be legally owned but may be used in committing a crime, we will reduce the number of people carrying knives?”

“The Leader of the House has already mentioned the Equality Act 2010. Back in 2013, Parliament legislated to require a Minister of the Crown to “amend this section so as to provide for caste to be an aspect of race”. However, five years later the Government announced that they would not implement that legislation, argui…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. NHS England has set ambulance response time targets since 2018. As the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) indicated, there are four categories of severity for ambulance calls, each with a different response-time standard. In my Wolverhampton…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. Football is the UK’s most watched and played sport. Some 35 million fans have been watching the top four leagues this season, and there are 40,000 football clubs in this country—more than in any other country. As a season ticket holder of Wolverhampton Wanderer…”

“It has got worse, because of the Conservative party. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as well as focusing on the measures that she has already proposed, we should continue to focus on reducing crime in the first place, and pursue our policies for tackling youth crime, knife crime and violence against women and gir…”

“I thank the Lord Chancellor for her honesty in setting out so clearly the difficult situation that we have inherited from the Conservative party, and I welcome the measures that she has proposed: the record investment in the justice system, and the measures taken to reduce the number of cases going to the Crown courts.”

“Does it concern you that the probation delivery units last year were assessed as either being inadequate or requiring improvement? What is being done to put that right? What are the causes of having an assessment whereby the probation service is assessed as requiring improvement or being inadequate?”

“As you say, if the workloads are too high, that is going to reduce effectiveness, so you need to get more people working in the service. I understand you have had some difficulty in retaining staff. How successful are you in retention and recruitment now?”

“Would you agree that, when it comes to rehabilitation, having an effective probation service is absolutely crucial?”