Andy Slaughter
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(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Chris Grayling
Clearly, that is a matter of local controversy and perhaps one on which the two Members can work together. On the overall rules, the practicality will have to be dealt with at local level, but my hon. Friend will have the opportunity at the next Communities and Local Government questions to raise the duties on local authorities to make people aware of changes.
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
On Tuesday the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), told the House that
“there is no agreement on judicial co-operation”—[Official Report, 5 January 2016; Vol. 604, c. 97.]
in the memorandum of understanding between the UK and Saudi Governments, but the Ministry of Justice report to Parliament states:
“The Secretary of State visited Riyadh in September 2014 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Cooperation”.
The Government have refused to publish the memorandum, so may we have a statement to explain that stark contradiction, unless the Leader of the House wishes to do so now, given that it was he, as the then Lord Chancellor, who signed it for the UK?