Part of Constitutional Affairs – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 19 December 2006.
Vera Baird
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
11:30,
19 December 2006
The Department for Constitutional Affairs contributes to reducing and, indeed, to seeking to avoid descent into social exclusion, particularly among those with multiple problems, through promoting accessible, good and co-ordinated advice and information; through early Intervention, to avoid the escalation of problems; and through fair, proportionate and expeditious justice in the courts.
An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.