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506690

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how the Government defines the term claims culture.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	32687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The government remains concerned about the number and cost of whiplash claims which are out of all proportion to any genuine injury suffered. The Autumn Statement referred to the cost to society of the substantial industry that encourages claims through cold calling and other social nuisances and which increases premiums for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/04/2016 12:11:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

475804

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning claims management companies under his proposals to increase the small claims limit in personal injury cases to £5,000.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	31094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The government will consult on the detail of the new reforms in due course, including any safeguards. The consultation will be accompanied by an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/03/2016 15:44:54 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

475805

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has conducted or commissioned on the relationship between the number of personal injury claims and the level of insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	31095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has received data from numerous sources, including from other Government Departments, solicitors and insurers. It will continue to work with a wide range of stakeholders in taking forward the new reform package, and will consult on the detail of the reforms in due course. The consultation will be accompanied by an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/03/2016 16:30:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

449481

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the Government response of October 2013 to his Department's consultation on arrangements concerning whiplash injuries in England and Wales, what plans his Department has (a) to maintain access to justice for claimants and (b) to protect such claimants from the under-settling of claims potentially arising from increases to the small claims court limit.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	25147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government will consult on the detail of the new reforms in due course, including any necessary safeguards. The consultation will be accompanied by an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/02/2016 14:26:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

447272

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the findings of the report by Professor Walton, published in December 2015, that the current insolvency litigation regime returns £480 million a year to creditors, including £115 million a year to HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	23889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Since the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, it has always been the government’s stated intention that the exemption for insolvency cases would be temporary. Commencement of Part 2 of LASPO’s conditional fee (or ‘no win no fee’) arrangement reforms for insolvency, was announced in December and will apply from April this year. The aim of LASPO’s reforms was to control the cost of civil litigation.</p><p>Ministry of Justice Officials discussed Professor Walton’s report with him, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Officials have also met representatives of insolvency practitioners who use no win no fee arrangements to fund these cases, as well as those who fund them in other ways.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 23864 23888 23890 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:51:41 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

447273

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insolvency: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of the current funding regime for insolvency litigation between 26 February 2015 and 17 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	23890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Since the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, it has always been the government’s stated intention that the exemption for insolvency cases would be temporary. Commencement of Part 2 of LASPO’s conditional fee (or ‘no win no fee’) arrangement reforms for insolvency, was announced in December and will apply from April this year. The aim of LASPO’s reforms was to control the cost of civil litigation.</p><p>Ministry of Justice Officials discussed Professor Walton’s report with him, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Officials have also met representatives of insolvency practitioners who use no win no fee arrangements to fund these cases, as well as those who fund them in other ways.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 23864 23888 23889 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:51:41 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

447274

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons he ended the insolvency exemption from the 2012 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act on 17 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	23864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Since the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, it has always been the government’s stated intention that the exemption for insolvency cases would be temporary. Commencement of Part 2 of LASPO’s conditional fee (or ‘no win no fee’) arrangement reforms for insolvency, was announced in December and will apply from April this year. The aim of LASPO’s reforms was to control the cost of civil litigation.</p><p>Ministry of Justice Officials discussed Professor Walton’s report with him, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Officials have also met representatives of insolvency practitioners who use no win no fee arrangements to fund these cases, as well as those who fund them in other ways.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 23888 23889 23890 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:51:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

447286

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he had considered the interim findings of the report of Professor Walton on the insolvency litigation landscapes, published on 10 December 2015, before making the announcement on 17 December 2015 to end the insolvency exemption from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	23888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Since the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, it has always been the government’s stated intention that the exemption for insolvency cases would be temporary. Commencement of Part 2 of LASPO’s conditional fee (or ‘no win no fee’) arrangement reforms for insolvency, was announced in December and will apply from April this year. The aim of LASPO’s reforms was to control the cost of civil litigation.</p><p>Ministry of Justice Officials discussed Professor Walton’s report with him, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Officials have also met representatives of insolvency practitioners who use no win no fee arrangements to fund these cases, as well as those who fund them in other ways.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 23864 23889 23890 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:51:41 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

428206

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has (a) met and (b) corresponded with a minister of the Welsh Government on the draft Wales Bill in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	16149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Wales Office is the lead Government department on the draft Wales Bill, and is the primary point of contact with the Welsh Government on matters related to the draft Bill.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/11/2015 12:35:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

428208

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what process his Department identified the areas of policy within its responsibility proposed for reservation in Annex B of the publication Powers for a Purpose: Towards a lasting devolution settlement for Wales, published on 27 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	16151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text Annex B to the Powers for a Purpose Command Paper provided an illustrative list of the main areas in which reservations would be needed in a reserved powers model. The list described the Government’s emerging thinking as the new reserved powers model was being developed. The Government published its full proposals in the draft Wales Bill on 20 October. answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/11/2015 12:44:41 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees