Review of published guidance on safety of memorials in burial grounds [revised]. 11 p.

Review of published guidance on safety of memorials in burial grounds [revised]. 11 p.

Minutes of meetings held between 13/12/2001 and 25/02/2008 by the DCA Cemetery and Burials Advisory Group.

Minutes of meetings held between 13/12/2001 and 25/02/2008 by the DCA Cemetery and Burials Advisory Group.

Letter dated 08/03/2007 from Harriet Harman MP to all local authorities regarding action over unstable or dangerous memorials in public cemeteries. 2 p.

Letter dated 08/03/2007 from Harriet Harman MP to all local authorities regarding action over unstable or dangerous memorials in public cemeteries. 2 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q3: July - September 2007. 40 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q3: July - September 2007. 40 p.

Department for Constitutional Affairs- efficiency technical note. 16 p.

Department for Constitutional Affairs- efficiency technical note. 16 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q2: April - June 2007. 33 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q2: April - June 2007. 33 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q1: January - March 2007. 34 p.

Freedom of Information Act 2000: statistics on implementation in central government, Q1: January - March 2007. 34 p.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the National School of Government is deemed to be a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the National School of Government is deemed to be a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of legal aid.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of legal aid.

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan), I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) on obtaining this debate. We debated the main thrust of our proposals for legal aid in this Chamber a short time ago and I shall...

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan), I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) on obtaining this debate. We debated the main thrust of our proposals for legal aid in this Chamber a short time ago and I shall...

My hon. and learned Friend has said that she is certain that the reforms will not be discriminatory. Is she equally certain that they will not be indirectly discriminatory?

My hon. and learned Friend has said that she is certain that the reforms will not be discriminatory. Is she equally certain that they will not be indirectly discriminatory?

I said that it is everybody’s intention that they should not be, so let me consider that issue and see whether there is any danger. We listened at every opportunity to BME practitioners during the various consultations and we will carry on listening for as long as they want to...

I said that it is everybody’s intention that they should not be, so let me consider that issue and see whether there is any danger. We listened at every opportunity to BME practitioners during the various consultations and we will carry on listening for as long as they want to...

Unusually for a Member securing a debate such as this, I am not a lawyer—I never have been, nor have I ever trained as one. My point of departure for bringing this debate to the Chamber is the issue of access to justice for my constituents, who are among the...

Unusually for a Member securing a debate such as this, I am not a lawyer—I never have been, nor have I ever trained as one. My point of departure for bringing this debate to the Chamber is the issue of access to justice for my constituents, who are among the...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Does she accept that one reason why there are solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers that are predominantly made up of ethnic minorities is that such minorities have difficulties in securing employment and tenancy in the mainstream chambers or solicitors’ firms?...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Does she accept that one reason why there are solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers that are predominantly made up of ethnic minorities is that such minorities have difficulties in securing employment and tenancy in the mainstream chambers or solicitors’ firms?...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that important point. It is sad that such people have been forced into setting up their own firms and sets because of—I shall not mince my words—institutional racism among some of the mainstream of the legal profession. It would appear that...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that important point. It is sad that such people have been forced into setting up their own firms and sets because of—I shall not mince my words—institutional racism among some of the mainstream of the legal profession. It would appear that...

I do not think that my hon. Friend should take solace from the Conservative party, which is trying to put out of business my local law centre, which employs a number of black and minority ethnic solicitors. She says, rightly, that there is not deliberate prejudice on the part of...

I do not think that my hon. Friend should take solace from the Conservative party, which is trying to put out of business my local law centre, which employs a number of black and minority ethnic solicitors. She says, rightly, that there is not deliberate prejudice on the part of...

That is the point that I was trying to make. We are not looking at deliberate discrimination, but we may be looking at indirect discrimination. No less an authority than the Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs, in its recent report on the implementation of the Carter review of legal aid,...

That is the point that I was trying to make. We are not looking at deliberate discrimination, but we may be looking at indirect discrimination. No less an authority than the Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs, in its recent report on the implementation of the Carter review of legal aid,...

I should like to add to the hon. Lady’s pertinent list. The Government have not proved that there will be any financial benefit from what will be the disastrous consequences of their policies for black and ethnic minority firms. I should like to put on the record that the Conservative...

I should like to add to the hon. Lady’s pertinent list. The Government have not proved that there will be any financial benefit from what will be the disastrous consequences of their policies for black and ethnic minority firms. I should like to put on the record that the Conservative...

The point is well put. Obviously, the cost inflation is of concern, but the cost drivers of legal aid are complex. The Government have not proven that the reforms will bear down on costs without undue detrimental effects. I would go further and say that black and minority ethnic firms...

The point is well put. Obviously, the cost inflation is of concern, but the cost drivers of legal aid are complex. The Government have not proven that the reforms will bear down on costs without undue detrimental effects. I would go further and say that black and minority ethnic firms...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discussions have taken place with the Scotland Office on the implications of the creation of a new Ministry of Justice.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discussions have taken place with the Scotland Office on the implications of the creation of a new Ministry of Justice.