Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Green Excerpts
Tuesday 22nd November 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Green Portrait Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham) (LD)
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The surgeon who caused life-changing injuries by inserting surgical mesh into my constituent Carol recently acted as an expert witness in an unrelated surgical mesh negligence case. The judge was highly critical of his evidence and accused him of cherry-picking parts of the evidence that were supportive of the defendant’s case. Will the Justice Secretary meet me and the victims of surgical mesh to hear directly from them how such conflicts of interest are proving to be a barrier to justice?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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If the hon. Lady writes to me with the details of that case, I will certainly ensure that she has a meeting with the most appropriate Minister.