In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions

Commons debates

That is all very general, but may I ask the Minister about one specific case, which has been raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) and by the shadow Minister? I refer to...

Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions

Commons debates

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) and my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), who have done so much on this issue, and...

Home Affairs Committee

Commons debates

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her Committee’s report. I have raised before the appalling human rights record of the Rwandan Government. From recent disclosures in High Court...

Business of the House

Commons debates

My constituent was trafficked into prostitution and raped in 2018. Very bravely, she is willing to give evidence against the alleged perpetrator. The trial has been repeatedly delayed and is...

Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for Victims

Commons debates

Most of us here represent constituents who are victims of the contaminated blood scandal. As they have waited for justice for so long, there is often quite a long gap between our hearing from...

Civil Servants

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications were submitted to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments by civil servants on the prospective roles they intended to...

Legal Profession: Sanctions

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for licences to permit payments by sanctioned entities for legal advice or representation relate to licences...

Legal Profession: Sanctions

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for licences to permit payments by sanctioned entities to be made for legal advice or representation have been...

Legal Profession: Sanctions

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) criteria and (b) process, including timescales, are for the determination of applications for licences to permit payment for legal advice and...

Legal Profession: Sanctions

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications have been made by (a) barristers, (b) solicitors and (c) others for licences to permit payments by sanctioned entities to be made for...

Economic Crime: Law Enforcement

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman talks about this subject as well as about the major frauds. I was shocked to find out that in 2020-21 fraud accounted for 39% of all crime and that the average investment fraud...

Economic Crime: Law Enforcement

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is speaking very well on the subject, as he always does. We have heard that the oligarchs use Londongrad as a playground, not just for leisure and lifestyle but for criminal...

Economic Crime: Law Enforcement

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent analysis of the situation. At the moment, the SFO is itself being investigated by a former Director of Public Prosecutions and being sued by the people...

Functioning of Government

Commons debates

Given that a majority of Government MPs now say that the Prime Minister lacks the integrity and honesty required for that post, can the Minister explain what the basis is for the Prime Minister...

Rape Prosecution Rates

Attorney General

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

The last time we debated this issue in this Chamber, the Attorney General told me that “any allegation of domestic abuse or sexual assault on victims is horrendous. On no account does...

Engagements

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

According to the NHS Confederation, not a single one of the so-called 40 new hospitals that the Prime Minister promised at the last election will be built by 2024. Two of those “new”...

Standards in Public Life

Commons debates

The Minister has stated that the Prime Minister’s current defence in this matter is, “I was told but I forgot.” The Minister mentioned his time in practice. If a client had...

Courts System

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

The courts system relies on litigants having access to appropriate advice and representation, so why are the Government cutting funding to the Support Through Court charity and extending fixed...

Assisted Dying - [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I heard that from one of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues earlier and I absolutely welcome it. However, as I said, we need not only a policy commitment but funding—and that includes...

Assisted Dying - [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I not only do not accept that; I find it the most appalling scaremongering. I have never met a GP who I do not think has a duty to their patients. They may vary in their competence and skills,...