Victoria Collins MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Unfair Practices: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal redress is available to victims of rogue traders where alleged misconduct spans multiple jurisdictions in (a) England and (b) Northern Ireland.
Answer: A range of legal redress options are available to those who consider they have fallen victim to rogue traders, including both civil and criminal justice remedies. Citizens Advice provide help and information on consumer rights in England and Wales (and eq...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Harpenden and BerkhamstedMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2025WithdrawnUIN 57830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle court backlogs in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCourts: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025WithdrawnUIN 56501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle court backlogs in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCourts: Harpenden and BerkhamstedMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. For this financial year (25/26), this Government is funding a record allocation of Crown Court sitting days to deliver swifter justice for victims – 110,000 sitting days this year, 4,000 higher...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Harpenden and BerkhamstedMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help increase levels of access to legal aid for people in rural areas in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: It is vital that those who need legal aid, some of the most vulnerable people in our society, can access it wherever they live. We are funding provisions such as Advicenow, which is an online provision.The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) monitors the numbers of pr...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Harpenden and BerkhamstedMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure access to legal aid in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services in England and Wales. The LAA monitors the numbers of providers in each procurement area and across all categories of law. It takes operational action where it can, to respond ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking legislative steps to create a domestic abuse aggravated offence.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade, and tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. We will use every lever within our power and work with key partners across Governm...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProbateMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take with probate services to find a solution for cases where there is a chain of representation but the name of the applicant will not match that on the Grant of Probate.
Answer: A chain of representation arises where all the executors of an estate have died before completing the administration of that estate. Under section 7(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 the executor for deceased’s executor becomes the executor for...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing the anonymised outcomes of tribunal cases related to SEND support.
Answer: The decision whether to publish a judgment is a judicial one.Judgments of the Special Education Needs and Disability jurisdiction of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal are not routinely published.However, members of t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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