Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"I congratulate the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) on raising this subject for debate. I did not intend to make a speech today, but in the absence of other colleagues I thought I would have a go.
Not one Member of this House regards access to justice as something …..."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"I thank the shadow Minister for his lengthy intervention, during which, I note, he did not answer the question I asked him. He will get a chance later to tell us which of the coalition Government’s changes to legal aid the Opposition support. Presumably they support some of them or …..."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"One moment, and I will certainly give way.
That is not to say that salaries at the Bar are too high in general, but it is an issue. No other public sector employees—I accept that the Bar is independent, but perhaps that is one of the issues—earn money of that …..."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"I will certainly give way, and perhaps this time the shadow Minister will answer the question...."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"I thank the shadow Minister again for his intervention. I make the point again, because I chose my words carefully, that a minority of barristers earn from criminal legal aid—that is, the public purse—sums in excess of what the Prime Minister is paid...."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"That is not the case with professions such as medicine—for surgeons and so on...."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"The hon. Lady’s point is spot on. Barristers have told me that too many people are going into the profession, given the work that is available, despite the fact that their numbers are several times higher than a few years ago. The consequence is that too many of them are …..."David Mowat - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Access to Justice: Vulnerable People
"We will come to the amount of money we spend on legal aid, although I note that I have certainly got this debate going, so I guess we should at least be grateful for that—as I said, I did not intend to speak today.
A point has been made about …..."David Mowat - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 19th November 2015
Asked by:
David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many days the Crown Court sat in each court chamber at Warrington in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The information requested can be found in the table below.
Crown Court sittings at Warrington (days):
Period | Courtroom 1 | Courtroom 2 | County Court courtroom |
January to December 2013 | 132 | 120 | 2 |
January to December 2014 | 105 | 182 | 1 |
January to September 2015 | 87 | 104 | 4 |
There are two dedicated Crown courtrooms in Warrington Combined Court, which also houses the County Court. The final column therefore sets out the number of days sat in County Court accommodation when, exceptionally, the Crown courtrooms were unavailable.
Written Question
Thursday 11th June 2015
Asked by:
David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the inquest into the death of Clara Tully, if he will bring forward proposals to allow inquests on infants who die during labour.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Coroners must investigate all deaths which are sudden, unnatural, violent, or of unknown cause. This can include deaths of newborn babies such as in the tragic case of Clara Tully. Coroners cannot by law investigate cases in which a child has not lived independently of its mother, such as stillbirths. They can, however, open an investigation if there is any doubt over whether there was independent life, once they have received a report of the case. There are also hospital and medical investigations into stillbirths.
The Chief Coroner, HHJ Peter Thornton QC, is considering actions to improve consistency and good practice.