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1724742

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "List of issues in relation to the seventh periodic report of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"; and what other related actions are planned.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently preparing its response to the United Nations Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ List of Issues Report, in relation to the Seventh Periodic Report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and will provide it to the UN shortly. We have had regular contact with the secretariat to the Committee on the timetable for our response.</p><p>The Government will then prepare for the interactive dialogue with the Committee which is expected to take place in 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 05/08/2024 10:21:45 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1724007

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to by reintroduce the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill, originally introduced in the last Parliament, and if not, what steps they plan to take to mitigate the impact on third party litigation funding of the judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Tribunal and others, [2023] UKSC 28.
tabling member printed	Lord Sandhurst
uin	HL449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role third-party litigation funding plays in ensuring access to justice.</p><p> </p><p>Following the PACCAR judgment, concerns have been raised about the need for greater regulation of Litigation Funding Agreements, or greater safeguards for claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is keen to ensure access to justice in large-scale and expensive cases, whilst also setting up adequate safeguards to protect claimants from unfair terms.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Justice Council is considering these questions and others in its review of third-party litigation funding, and hopes to report in summer 2025. The Government will take a more comprehensive view of any legislation to address issues in the round once that review is concluded.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 01/08/2024 15:15:41 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	4920 label Biography information for Lord Sandhurst

1724008

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to impose a duty on the Courts to suspend custodial sentences of 12 months or less.
tabling member printed	Lord Sandhurst
uin	HL450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to impose a duty on the Courts to suspend custodial sentences of 12 months or less.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to launch an independent review of sentencing. While the terms of reference are not yet defined, this will look to ensure the sentencing framework is consistent and clear to the public. We will announce more details of this review in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 02/08/2024 13:17:22 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	4920 label Biography information for Lord Sandhurst

1723896

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Systems: Islam
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure and enforce oversight and governance of (1) sharia courts, and (2) Muslim arbitration tribunals.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to regulate religious dispute resolution processes (such as sharia courts) where all parties consent to those processes. This is consistent with Britain’s long history of freedom of worship and religious tolerance, and the legal rights and remedies of the parties involved remain in place.</p><p>Decisions of such bodies are only enforceable if there is a valid arbitration agreement by which all parties have consented to the process, as provided under the terms of the Arbitration Act 1996 for any arbitration panel.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 05/08/2024 10:12:23 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1723686

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Press Recognition Panel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any payments have been made from the Exchequer to the Press Recognition Panel during the calendar year 2024; whether any future payments are scheduled; and if so, whether they will publish any success criteria attached to them.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides funding for the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) annually. MoJ made a payment to the PRP of £430k for the 2024/25 financial year in April 2024. Whilst the Lord Chancellor is the conduit for the PRP with HM Treasury, they have no responsibility under the Royal Charter that created the PRP, for setting the PRP’s success criteria. Instead, the Royal Charter sets out that the PRP Board must have regard to the need to ensure the PRP achieves value for money. The PRP report against this criteria, and other deliverables, in its annual report and accounts which are publicly available.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 01/08/2024 15:19:02 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1723687

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Press Recognition Panel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the value for money of taxpayer funding made in 2022 and 2023 to the Press Recognition Panel; whether they will publish any such assessments; and if none were made, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Value for money lies at the heart of all Government decisions, and the Royal Charter sets out that the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) Board must have regard to the need to ensure it achieves value for money. The PRP has an objective of ‘Ensuring our systems and processes are effective and provide value for money’ and reports on this annually in its annual report and accounts, which are published on its website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 01/08/2024 15:19:28 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1723096

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners, listed by prison and category of prisoner, have been released early as part of their measures to address prison overcrowding.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact.</p><p>ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083. Further information on ECSL data is intended for future publication in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 05/08/2024 10:10:57 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1722386

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar on 12 January 2022 (HL Deb cols 1151–2), when the Ministry of Justice's independent review of the qualifications and experience required of spoken word interpreters in HM Courts and Tribunal Service will be completed, and when it will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>We have been considering the findings of the independent review to help inform the development of new tender specifications. This is a complex process and covers a wide range of agencies within the Ministry of Justice. We will, of course, publish the outcome of the review once the tendering process is complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 31/07/2024 15:51:30 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1722402

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why Russian state-owned companies are being allowed access to UK courts to pursue litigation concerning penalties imposed by Russian courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The question of whether courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to hear claims brought by parties from other countries are determined by the courts in accordance with common law principles and international conventions.</p><p>In English and Welsh law, the determination of the appropriate forum (where no international convention applies) to hear a dispute is the one in which the case may most suitably be tried in the interests of all the parties and the ends of justice. Matters which a court will take into account in deciding this would include whether there are any factors connecting the dispute to a particular jurisdiction.</p><p>It is open to the opposing party to challenge a claim on the basis that it should have been brought in another jurisdiction.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL236 question first answered 01/08/2024 15:18:38 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1722405

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis UK courts have had jurisdiction to hear cases started in Russian Courts between Russian companies and individuals since the start of the war in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The question of whether courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to hear claims brought by parties from other countries are determined by the courts in accordance with common law principles and international conventions.</p><p>In English and Welsh law, the determination of the appropriate forum (where no international convention applies) to hear a dispute is the one in which the case may most suitably be tried in the interests of all the parties and the ends of justice. Matters which a court will take into account in deciding this would include whether there are any factors connecting the dispute to a particular jurisdiction.</p><p>It is open to the opposing party to challenge a claim on the basis that it should have been brought in another jurisdiction.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL233 question first answered 01/08/2024 15:18:38 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker