Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Paul Scully Excerpts
Tuesday 5th September 2017

(7 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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What the public expect is for those fines to be collected in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Paul Scully Portrait Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam) (Con)
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T9. Can the Minister update me on when the revised version of practice direction 12J will be adopted and how the Government will ensure that judges and magistrates are aware of the change in order to improve guidance for judges overseeing child contact cases with allegations of domestic abuse?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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We are absolutely committed to doing everything we can to improve the treatment of victims in the justice system. In relation to the practice direction to which my hon. Friend refers, we expect to receive the revised version from the president of the family division for ministerial agreement by the end of this month.