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Written Question
Museums and Galleries
Thursday 2nd February 2023

Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission will commence its review of legislation relating to museum collections.

Answered by Mike Freer

The Law Commission proposed a law reform project on museum collections as part of its 13th Programme of Law Reform, published on 13 December 2017. The project has yet to begin, but the Commission remains committed to the work and will commence the project as soon as resources allow.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter of 13 November 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on prison conditions.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

A response was sent to the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on 10 December 2020. A further copy has been sent.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I welcome my hon. Friend to his new role and suggest as his first piece of homework that he look at Law for Life’s Advicenow website, which provides early legal support for social welfare claimants? Will he make sure that that is rolled out to existing legal aid deserts, …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. It is important to recognise, as we all do, that the eyes of the world and the nation are upon us in this room, as we are the most important political event of the day. I am sure we …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"I thank the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown for his observation about the new Government. I hope the Bill is not the first to fall victim to a catastrophic U-turn, because that would be a great disappointment to us all.

On the point about the reliability of technology, the Bill …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"I am rather disappointed that the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown regards Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Johann Sebastian Bach as “crummy”; far from it.

The hon. Gentleman is slightly concerned about fettering the committee...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a hearing problem. Perhaps the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown needed an induction loop to avail himself fully of the facility...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"Thank you, Sir Gary.

The hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown made a more important point in his concern that we should not seek to fetter the committee. It might help if we take a step back and think about what the Bill seeks, which to establish a committee that, in …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"I am always nervous when telling the hon. Gentleman, who is an experienced lawyer, how the courts work. He has spent far more time in courts than I have in my life. If I may rehearse my earlier point, clause 4 is a legally binding duty on the Lord Chancellor …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]

"The hon. Member for Bolton South East points out that her amendment is common sense. When someone tells me that, it normally means that I should subject it to triple scrutiny. My antennae start to twitch at that concept.

The hon. Lady also said that she wanted a diverse committee. …..."
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