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Coroners and Justice Bill: Schedule 1 — Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: My main concern throughout this long-running debate, going right back to the counter-terrorism legislation, has been whether we will have an article 2-compliant process. I am still not entirely convinced—even with the Lords amendment and, indeed, amendment (a) from the Opposition Front-Bench team—that we will end up with an article 2-compliant process. However, I shall not go into...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Schedule 1 — Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: I am not sure that that is right. Can my right hon. Friend absolutely assure us that if the Lord Chief Justice turns down a judge, the secret inquiry will not take place and the inquest will? If he can, that will go a long way to resolving the issue.

Coroners and Justice Bill: Schedule 1 — Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: Well, that is my concern, because I am not entirely convinced that the wording under the Lords amendment would achieve that. We would end up in limbo: on the one hand, the Lord Chancellor would say, "Secret inquiry"; on the other hand, the Lord Chief Justice would say, "You can't have a judge." We would end up exactly where we are with the Azelle Rodney case—four years on and no inquiry...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Schedule 1 — Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations (12 Nov 2009) has video

Andrew Dismore: The hon. and learned Gentleman has come up with an interesting formulation, but does he agree that there are no safeguards on the face of the Bill? Last time, the debate was focused almost entirely on the question of intercept. Would it not have been better to include a provision in the Bill that secret inquiries could be held only when intercept was the only matter at issue?

Business, Innovation and Skills: First Capital Connect (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: Does my hon. Friend share the bemusement of commuters from my constituency who use Mill Hill and Hendon stations at the fact that their daily travel to work can be disrupted because of a shift pattern whereby voluntary overtime is the main way of supplying a weekday commuter service? Does he agree that that is not acceptable and has to be dealt with? Does he also agree that if industrial...

Written Answers — Health: Hospital Wards: Greater London (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made on the provision of single sex wards at (a) Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, (b) Northwick Park Hospital and (c) the Royal Free Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Standards (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outcome of the recent inspection of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust by the Health and Safety Executive was; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Regeneration: Hendon (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has made available for regeneration schemes at (a) Grahame Park, (b) West Hendon and (c) Spur Road and Stonegrove in Hendon constituency; and if he will make a statement.