Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I agree: I do not think the Commission will be churlish or needlessly spiteful. But the problem is that if we do not have a clear right in law that everyone’s personal data will be protected—if article 8 is not there any longer, we will not—that is an invitation to …..."Stephen Timms - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I thank my hon. Friend for his kind reference to my amendment 151. Going back to the case brought by the now Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, does my hon. Friend agree that, if the Secretary of State had not been able to rely on article 8, …..."Stephen Timms - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I am grateful to the Minister for addressing my amendment. Does he accept that it is essential that we avoid a declaration from the European Commission at some point in the future that data protection arrangements in the UK are not adequate, and we must therefore secure an adequacy determination? …..."Stephen Timms - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Written Question
Thursday 16th November 2017
Asked by:
Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of claimants of universal credit are entitled to claim (a) help with prison visiting costs, (b) legal aid and (c) remission from court fees; and whether he plans to change those entitlements.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Assisted Prison Visits Scheme (APVS) provides financial assistance to prisoners’ close relatives, partners or sole visitors who meet qualifying rules on income. Those in receipt of Universal Credit are eligible for the scheme if their income does not exceed £1,250 a month, and those in receipt of Working Tax and Child Tax Credits are eligible if their annual household income does not exceed £17,474.
Legal aid eligibility is subject to statutory tests of the applicant’s financial means, and the merits of their case. All recipients of universal credit are currently deemed automatically to have passed the income element of the means test for legal aid, and will be eligible for legal aid subject to tests of their capital and the merits of their case. The government recently ran a consultation exercise on universal credit and legal aid, which closed on 11 May 2017. Ministers are carefully considering the responses and will publish the Government response to consultation in due course.
Eligibility for courts and tribunals fee remissions is based on an assessment of the applicant’s disposable capital and gross monthly income. Those in receipt of universal credit with earnings of up to £6,000 per annum are deemed automatically to meet the income test for a full fee remission under the Help with Fees scheme. The government is considering the wider implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, including the Help with Fees scheme.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"Is my hon. Friend as puzzled as I am that Ministers are unwilling to support the policy of the Prime Minister? The Prime Minister made her position very clear, when answering a question from the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke), that the writ of the European …..."Stephen Timms - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 13th November 2017
Asked by:
Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on legal aid for asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Ministry of Justice cannot separately report on legal aid specifically awarded to asylum seekers. This information is not recorded, as it is not directly relevant to the administration of the legal aid scheme.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I invite the Secretary of State to respond to the criticism of his party colleague, the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), who is surely absolutely right to describe this as an “appalling monstrosity” of a Bill, which the House, frankly, should throw out...."Stephen Timms - View Speech
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