In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

Priorities for Government

Commons debates

Will the Prime Minister order an inquiry into the £76 million that was wasted paying management consultants to work on the “Shaping a Healthier Future” programme for north-west...

Feltham a Young Offenders Institution

Commons debates

The problems at Feltham are nothing new—as my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) said, young men were being transferred to Wormwood Scrubs for their own...

Power to require rules to be made

Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [Lords]

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I strongly disagree with Government amendment 9. It is very common practice for there to be dual control—the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice—in relation to a variety of...

The Online procedure rule committee

Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [Lords]

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. Two weeks ago, the Select Committee on Justice heard evidence from the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior...

Duty to make support available for digitally excluded people

Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [Lords]

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

What the Minister says, along with the text of the clause, indicates a potential problem. This is a major change and problems are anticipated. The Minister has put something on the record today,...

Detainees

Commons debates

If matters are escalated to Ministers, will they be prohibited from authorising action that carries a real risk of torture?

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - [Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The problem I am having with the Minister’s speech is that he keeps answering questions that have not been asked and caricaturing those who have been critical of the Saudi regime as somehow...

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - [Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Would the Minister also like to take the opportunity to state the Government’s policy on the extradition or return of anyone to another jurisdiction that practises capital punishment, and...

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - [Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am following the hon. Gentleman’s argument and I would hate to take credit for the Just Solutions contract being cancelled. I was simply an advocate of it. The hon. Gentleman’s...

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - [Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I sincerely congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on his comprehensive account of some of the...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Commons debates

It is good to know that the Minister feels secure in his post. With all respect to him, however, Nazanin’s fate has been tied to the person of the Foreign Secretary, current and previous,...

Police Surveillance of Journalists

Commons debates

There is a big difference between the targeted collection of evidence in the pursuit of serious criminal offences and a fishing expedition in which Government embarrassment is a factor. This...

Product Safety

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government have known for four years that there were 5.5 million Whirlpool tumble dryers in homes across the UK that were liable to catch fire. Last month, the Minister gave notice that she...

Detainee Mistreatment: Judge-Led Inquiry

Commons debates

Although the Gibson and ISC inquiries were curtailed or restricted, nevertheless they revealed hundreds of cases in which the UK was complicit or benefited from torture or mistreatment. Does that...

Courts Digitisation Programme

Oral Answers to Questions - Justice

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Is not the truth that what is happening at the moment is a restriction on access to justice, because almost half the courts in the country have been closed? Will the Minister follow what the...

Assisted Dying

Sale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I do not think the hon. Lady does herself any favours by making that argument. It is quite barbaric to think that relatives may sit in fear of a knock on the door from the police. The police...

Assisted Dying

Sale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

It is almost four years since we last debated and voted on this issue, after Rob Marris introduced the Assisted Dying (No.2 Bill), which is now sponsored by Lord Falconer in the other place. I...

Examination of Witnesses

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q It is just slightly suspicious. The same thing happened with the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. There was a desperate rush to get it through without bolting anything on. Then we had to...

Examination of Witnesses

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q You want to get that through quickly before we mangle it. Then you are happy to trust Government to do whatever they like in the future in this area of law. Is that your view?

Examination of Witnesses

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

To be clear, the Law Society would like us not to take out clause 6. I have yet to see what the views of the others are. Is that because you are against Henry VIII clauses generally, or do you...