Please find below a comprehensive reference list, up to December 2001,of Bob Marshall-Andrews' contributions to debates in the House of Commons.The complete text of the contributions can be found on theCommons Hansard website
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Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 28)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Blackmail. .....
Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 15)
International Terrorism
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Iknow that the hon. Gentleman will accept that many of us supported the warin the Falklands and the war in Kuwait as being necessary. Will he accept,however, that the KLA did .....
Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 15)
International Terrorism
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Itake the hon. Gentleman's point, but in making it he must understand theclear distinction between the Royal Ulster Constabulary and, for instance,General Dostum, who is pressed .....
Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 14)
International Terrorism
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:That is absolutely right, and it is, of course, the purport of anearly-day motion that has been signed by very nearly 100 Members of allpersuasions and all the varying views, so .....
Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 27)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): May I assist? A court of record simplymeans that the proceedings are recorded with a view to them subsequentlybeing subject to scrutiny on appeal or by way of .....
Commons Hansard (12 Dec 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Dec 2001 (pt 14)
International Terrorism
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): This is the sixth time that we have debatedthis matter in the House. I have sat through all those debates, or throughthe majority of them--it has been Operation .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 2001 (pt 26)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
has thepowers to receive whatever evidence it wants, in whichever form it wants.It does not have to reveal material from security .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 2001 (pt 26)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I am interested in the observation that we are going toimprison people who have committed no offence in this country. As Iunderstand it, even the Home Secretary does not go that .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 2001 (pt 26)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will the hon. Gentleman give way? .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 2001 (pt 18)
Clause 21
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Commons Hansard (21 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 2001 (pt 18)
Clause 21
Mr. David Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Iam sorry to take the Home Secretary back a little. I was rather taken bysurprise by what he said in relation to Government amendment No. 70--thatit does not ..... Speaker: Mr. David Marshall-Andrews
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 24)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman please forgiveme for not giving way--time is limited? I suspect that I may well coverwhat he has in mind. Before I go on to deal .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 13)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: May I say, slightly painfully, that in this respect Iagree entirely with the Home Secretary? That would be a matter of law, andwould clearly be covered. The real problem surely .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 13)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews rose-- .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 13)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that desirable though suchprovision may very well be, and although such provision may well beincluded in the Bill, if judicial review remained--and .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and SecurityBill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: What about SIAC? .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 24)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): This is a compendious, complex camel ofa Bill. In very large part, it is incontrovertible; in very large part, itis worthy. In 19 Nov 2001 : Column 88 .....
Commons Hansard (19 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Nov 2001 (pt 7)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): My question is not intended to bepejorative, because I am genuinely interested in the answer. Does the HomeSecretary accept that there is a sea of difference .....
Commons Hansard (14 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Nov 2001 (pt 9)
International Coalition Against Terrorism
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): I thank the Prime Minister for histimely statement. In the light of what he has said, will he reconsider,even at this late stage, the perceived necessity for .....
Commons Hansard (1 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 1Nov 2001 (pt 15)
Coalition Against International Terrorism
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Following on from the previous intervention, does thehon. Gentleman understand that, as acknowledged by a Pentagon spokesman inThe New York Times of 11 October, the bombs being .....
Commons Hansard (1 Nov 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 1Nov 2001 (pt 9)
Coalition Against International Terrorism
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Will my right hon. Friend tell us how manycluster bombs, delayed action bombs or Gator bombs have been droppedduring the campaign, and to which of the military .....
Commons Hansard (29 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for29 Oct 2001 (pt 31)
Illegal Hare Coursing
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Will the hon. Gentleman give way? .....
Commons Hansard (24 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for24 Oct 2001 (pt 7)
Afghanistan (Humanitarian Situation)
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): My right hon. Friend will be aware that TheTimes carried a report this morning stating that land mines were beingdropped in Afghanistan. I also understand that it .....
Commons Hansard (16 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Oct 2001 (pt 13)
Coalition against International Terrorism
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: What the Foreign Secretary said on that was completelymisconceived. Of course there is not an International Criminal Court,although we have been trying to establish one for a .....
Commons Hansard (16 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Oct 2001 (pt 24)
Coalition against International Terrorism
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): There are, one perceives, three leadersin the world who believe that the bombing of Afghanistan--including thebombing of the pitiful remains of its infrastructure .....
Commons Hansard (16 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Oct 2001 (pt 6)
Coalition against International Terrorism
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): We are repeatedly and rightly told thatthe events of 11 September constituted a crime against civilisation andthe international community. Does the Foreign .....
Commons Hansard (8 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Oct 2001 (pt 8)
Coalition against International Terrorism
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Accepting, as I certainly do, that the UnitedStates and the international community have legitimacy to enterAfghanistan, if necessary by force--certainly by .....
Commons Hansard (8 Oct 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Oct 2001 (pt 5)
Coalition against International Terrorism
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Will the Prime Minister consider using ourinfluence to move the Security Council to set up now an internationalcriminal court comparable to that in The Hague and .....
Commons Hansard (14 Sept 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Sept 2001 (pt 13)
International Terrorism
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the use ofthe term "the vernacular of warfare", which we have heard increasingly,endows those organisations with the status .....
Commons Hansard (5 Jul 2001)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5Jul 2001 (pt 30)
European Standing Committees
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): My right hon. Friend referred to the LiaisonCommittee report and said quite rightly that these welcome reforms willhave wide support within the House. Will he also .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 42)
National Lottery
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: The righthon. Gentleman has addressed various issues that I raised. Just now, hesaid that the accountant said that there were other grounds to support theproject, such as .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 42)
National Lottery
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I cannotanswer for Lord Falconer. I can only express my surprise that anyone wouldnot have known about the indemnities, so critical were they. Had they notbeen given, the entire .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 41)
National Lottery
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: The righthon. Gentleman will make his own speech soon, and I want to hear what hehas to say. That answers the point raised continually by my right hon.Friend the Secretary .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 41)
National Lottery
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I havethe letter here, because I asked for a copy and my hon. Friend theMinister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting was good enough to give one tome. The right hon. Gentleman .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 41)
National Lottery Mr. Marshall-Andrews: That isabsolutely, and with precision, what I am saying. .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 39)
National Lottery
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: May Ipress my right hon. Friend on that point? I phrased my questiondeliberately: I did not ask how much money would come, but how much thecommission anticipated would come. The .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 41)
National Lottery
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): I shall be brief, given the time and the hour. We are here todebate whether the House should breathe new life into the MillenniumCommission, which is a creature of .....
Commons Hansard (18 Dec 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 Dec 2000 (pt 39)
National Lottery
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): On the subject of money returning to the Millennium Commission,would my right hon. Friend tell us how much, if any, of the sums that areto be paid by Legacy in .....
Commons Hansard (28 Nov 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for28 Nov 2000 (pt 2)
Construction Workers
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): Will my hon. Friend, at the end of his fine speech, reflect fora moment on the legal ramifications of the matter that he is bringing tothe Government's attention? .....
Commons Hansard (9 Nov 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9Nov 2000 (pt 30)
Select Committees and the Executive
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I do not agree with that, and I do not want to follow atributary of the argument; I prefer to stick to the bull point of thereport. That point is much more important than the .....
Commons Hansard (9 Nov 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9Nov 2000 (pt 30)
Select Committees and the Executive
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Congratulations, Madam Deputy Speaker. I, too,congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Mr.Sheldon) and the Liaison Committee on .....
Commons Hansard (9 Nov 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9Nov 2000 (pt 19)
Select Committees and the Executive
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): My right hon. Friend's point about the numberof people who are involved in selection is, of course, one of substance;it is also a point of detail, and that detail .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Thehon. Gentleman has not quite addressed the question that was put. If thereis a change to the law, is he suggesting that the number of people whohave now confessed to their .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Theywere convicted. .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Willmy hon. Friend address the point that there is an imbalance in our system,in that it is based on the prosecution being brought by the state and thedefendant being defended .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : I hadhoped not to indulge in another argument. It seems to me transparent thatit would contravene the convention if such retrospective evidence wereapplied, and it would be a .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Ishall come to that in a moment. DNA causes me the most concern because itis probably the finest weapon that has ever been devised in theinvestigation and proof of serious .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Itake my hon. Friend's point and that made by my hon. Friend the Member forBattersea, but no system devised by man could ensure perfection onconviction or acquittal. The .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Ithought that I had explained that to my hon. Friend. I can tell him thatthere are very few such instances, but they are, of course, reprehensible,and represent a weakness in .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Wecan immediately see the shadows of our present system. Thugs have beenreplaced by barristers and God has been replaced by the jury, but theessential elements of the .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): May I immediately declare an interest? In my time at thebar--which is far too long--I have prosecuted and defended in many of thecases that were envisaged by the .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Marshall-Andrews : Myhon. Friend has touched on the matter that caused me most concern aboutthe report, in which I know he played a considerable part. I am concernedabout the burden on the .....
Commons Hansard (26 Oct 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for26 Oct 2000 (pt 1)
Double Jeopardy Rule
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): I shall rise to that bait: despair is the answer. Will my righthon. Friend accept that many lawyers have a legitimate interest in thedebate because we are .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 36)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2)Bill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: That is because the magistrates' powers arelimited. It is not merely a question of their wanting to go further on asliding scale. If they want to impose a sentence of more than .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 36)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2)Bill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: That is right, and a line must be drawnsomewhere. That line should be very low; it is probably drawn too high atpresent. However, it should not be extended to offences of .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 36)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2)Bill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I say somewhat unwillingly that I cannotsupport the amendments, which would effectively reintroduce the livelihoodand reputation clause. As much of the debate has been spent by .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 33)
Committal for sentence
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:With respect to my hon. Friend, I wonder whether he will deal with thecentral point. How can it be right that a magistrates court can take uponitself the responsibility to try a .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 31)
Committal for sentence
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Does not that underline the practical absurdityof magistrates not being able to take previous convictions and characterinto account when deciding whether someone
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 26)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: On apoint of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I apologise to you, and to the hon.Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd), for that very vulgarintervention earlier. .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 22)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Ientirely accept that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, but I think that if you bearwith me for a moment you will see why I raise the matter. There is verylittle more of the letter, and when .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 22)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Myright hon. Friend's statement was manifestly inaccurate. I shall spend amoment explaining how that came about, because I took down exactly what myright hon. Friend said. He .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 22)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary spent a considerablepart of his speech--over half an hour--dealing with the views of theformer Lord Chief Justice, and the .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 17)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Willmy right hon. Friend give way? .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 17)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Willmy right hon. Friend give way? .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 16)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Willthe Home Secretary give way? .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jul 2000 (pt 16)
Supplemental orders
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): Does my right hon. Friend accept that, when the Lord ChiefJustice made those remarks, he was speaking in favour of the No. 1 Bill,not the current Bill; that when .....
Commons Hansard (19 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 Jul 2000 (pt 3)
North Kent Economy
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): I join the general paean of praise to my hon. Friend the Memberfor Chatham and Aylesford (Mr. Shaw) for initiating 19 Jul 2000 : Column91WH this important .....
Commons Hansard (17 Jul 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for17 Jul 2000 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):The hon. Gentleman raises the issue of the police officer's state of mind,namely, that he should have "reasonable grounds to believe", which is ofcourse .....
Commons Hansard (22 May 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 May 2000 (pt 55)
Serbia and Iraq (Sanctions)
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Economic sanctions are an extraordinarily crude weapon.They cannot be targeted in the way that my hon. Friend suggests. Theoncology hospital that we visited in Belgrade had only .....
Commons Hansard (22 May 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 May 2000 (pt 53)
Serbia and Iraq (Sanctions)
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): I would like my hon. Friend the Member forLinlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) to reflect on a simple issue that is political,22 May 2000 : Column 837 not economic. He .....
Commons Hansard (15 May 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for15 May 2000 (pt 32)
Clause 2
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. When my hon. Friend the Memberfor Ealing, North (Mr. Pound) strayed on to the issue of the Balticexchange, some of us .....
Commons Hansard (12 Apr 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Apr 2000 (pt 22)
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Will thehon. Gentleman give way? .....
Commons Hansard (12 Apr 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Apr 2000 (pt 22)
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): Will the hon. Gentleman give way? .....
Commons Hansard (15 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for15 Mar 2000 (pt 31)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Will the righthon. and learned Gentleman reflect on the fact that these proceedings inthe House are intrinsically linked to last week's proceedings? The truthis that if many of .....
Commons Hansard (15 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for15 Mar 2000 (pt 30)
Clause 1
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):Will my hon. Friend reflect on an example that he has not given? I referto support for the African National Congress during the course of theapartheid struggle. It .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 35)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will the Minister give way? .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 35)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews rose-- .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 34)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: On the subject of eccentric systems, what are the othersystems in the world where there is a right of trial by jury--let usforget Scotland for a moment--and where that right is .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 26)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will my hon. Friend explain why the proportion ofacquittals in magistrates courts is less than the proportion of casesthrown out by judges which never come before a jury because .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 25)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that is the reasonwhy the average delay in contested cases in magistrates courts is 21weeks, whereas the average time for two-day cases to be .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 23)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the 27 per cent. ofdefendants who, according to Hedderman and Moxon, intended to plead guiltyin 1989 all knew that they would go for trial in .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: My right hon. Friend and I can argue that point, but itwas not a complex case. However, our hon. Friend would be at risk if hewere in that position today because he would no .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I am sorry; I cannot do so because I have to finish. 7Mar 2000 : Column 922 My second example is dear to all our hearts. It isthe case of a young man, of impeccable .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: That is right, but for that to be brought before themagistrates they would have to be told that the case concerned a teacherof immense reputation who had been teaching for 30 .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Obviously, it is the police who overcharge, but they doso in magistrates courts knowing full well that the expertise, experience,learning and knowledge to deal with that practice .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Before I do, could I clarify a brief point, Mr. DeputySpeaker? I was told by your immediate predecessor in the Chair that, asthat I was to move the amendment, I would be allowed .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 22)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: That is absolutely right. The findings of the royalcommission were clear--one of the principal reasons why defendants changetheir plea when they get to the Crown court is .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Of course, Mr. Deputy Speaker. If I may enlist what myright hon. Friend the Home Secretary has said himself, in making such adecision there must be areas on the margins. For .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Certainly not. [Interruption.] I will tell you-- .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Certainly not, but I am grateful for the intervention.With great respect to my hon. Friend, I am either not articulating or sheis not understanding what I mean. I said, in terms, .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Of course I am not. My hon. Friend, with great respectto him, confuses what I said. If we have a system such as this, it isimplicit that justice is seen to be done--not only that .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman. Thisis a wish and a prayer. The idea is that it should start off as a paperappeal. The appropriate judge will consider it, and .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 21)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): I beg to move, To leave out from "That"to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof: "this Housedeclines to give a Second Reading to the Criminal .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 20)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman accept thatone of the Bill's major vices is that magistrates are proscribed fromconsidering anybody's background? They are forbidden to .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 19)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Is my hon. Friend aware that it was an essential part ofRunciman's suggestion that, should the right of trial by jury be given up,that magistrates should consider, by statute, .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 14)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews indicated dissent. .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 14)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does not my right hon. Friend understand that thesestatistics about the conviction rate of black defendants in magistratescourts come as no surprise to civil libertarians? They .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 13)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will my right hon. Friend give way? .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 13)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: In dealing with the so-called idea that people areplaying the system, is my right hon. Friend aware that Michael Zander'sreport to the royal commission suggested that the .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 11)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does my right hon. Friend agree that, in the Scottishsystem, there is a three-months' sentence limitation for sheriffs ormagistrates sitting without juries? In those .....
Commons Hansard (7 Mar 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7Mar 2000 (pt 11)
Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Will my right hon. Friend give way?.....
Commons Hansard (12 Jan 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Jan 2000 (pt 5)
Senator Pinochet
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: MyLord--[Laughter.] Madam Speaker, my question is this: does the HomeSecretary believe that the case has revealed a very dark side toConservative Members? Does he agree that,
Commons Hansard (12 Jan 2000)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for12 Jan 2000 (pt 5)
Senator Pinochet
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): I offer what limited support I can to what has fallen from theHome Secretary. Those of us who made common cause with him at protests andvigils immediately after .....
Commons Hansard (23 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for23 Nov 1999 (pt 16)
Home Affairs, Education and Employment
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman agree that ifone removes the right to elect for trial by jury from people with previousconvictions, inevitably that fact will become .....
Commons Hansard (23 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for23 Nov 1999 (pt 16)
Home Affairs, Education and Employment
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?.....
Commons Hansard (23 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for23 Nov 1999 (pt 9)
Home Affairs, Education and Employment
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Does my right hon. Friend accept that "choice of venue"is a complete misnomer? It is not a choice of venue, but a right to jurytrial--a right that one may voluntarily give up if .....
Commons Hansard (23 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for23 Nov 1999 (pt 9)
Home Affairs, Education and Employment
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Will my right hon. Friend give way? .....
Commons Hansard (10 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for10 Nov 1999 (pt 31)
New Clause
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Patronagealways tends to corrupt. [Interruption.] Certainly not. Patronage, incertain circumstances, is a necessary vice. In other cases, it is not, butthe tendency to corrupt .....
Commons Hansard (10 Nov 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for10 Nov 1999 (pt 31)
New Clause
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):I am pleased to support the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Memberfor Thurrock (Mr. Mackinlay), which also stands in my name. It wouldremove the ability of
Commons Hansard (23 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for23 Jun 1999 (pt 15)
North Kent
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):May I associate myself with the paean to my neighbour and hon. Friend theMember for Chatham and Aylesford (Mr. Shaw) for obtaining this importantdebate? I .....
Commons Hansard (22 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 Jun 1999 (pt 28)
Community Legal Service: excluded services.
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: In the one minute remaining, may I say that I listenedwith great respect to my hon. Friend in the hope of being persuaded. Iregret to say that I am not. On the core issue, the .....
Commons Hansard (22 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 Jun 1999 (pt 26)
Community Legal Service: excluded services.
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Of course, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The determining officerwill then be able to say, "We will provide money from the hardship fund."Thus the right is preserved, and will be removed .....
Commons Hansard (22 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 Jun 1999 (pt 26)
Community Legal Service: excluded services.
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Indeed. I will come to that point. I am not againstconditional fee agreements, because if people come to me or another lawyerand say that they are just above the legal aid .....
Commons Hansard (22 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 Jun 1999 (pt 25)
Community Legal Service: excluded services.
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: The purpose of the amendment is to retain legal aid inits present form for actions for damages for personal injury for theclasses of people referred to in the amendment. Legal .....
Commons Hansard (22 Jun 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for22 Jun 1999 (pt 25)
Community Legal Service: excluded services.
Mr.Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): I beg to move amendment No. 95, in page68, line 32, at end insert 'and actions brought by or on behalf ofchildren under 18, patients within the meaning of the .....
Commons Hansard (19 May 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for19 May 1999 (pt 22)
Jury Trial
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):May I say, with a heavy heart, that I agree immediately with theobservations made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member forSleaford and North Hykeham (Mr. .....
Commons Hansard (18 May 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 May 1999 (pt 17)
Kosovo
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: In debates such asthis, I dislike personal invective. I have not indulged in it and I hopethat other hon. Members will not do so. What would I do? I would take not1,000 refugees .....
Commons Hansard (18 May 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for18 May 1999 (pt 16)
Kosovo
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Ibegin with what has become, unhappily, a necessary incantation. Myopposition to the war--which is profound, and has been as consistent asthe support of my hon. .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 32)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: No, they do not have trade union backing, and my hon.Friend knows perfectly well why--because they were working in a dockyard.If such cases do not have trade union backing, .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 32)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: My hon. Friend is right--a 25 per cent. voluntary cap onfees is imposed by the Law Society and that has undoubtedly been working.At the time of the PSI report, the 43 per cent. .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: A 75 per cent. success rate does not apply to aconditional fee agreement, which can be taken out in respect of any caseby any lawyer who is prepared to do so on the basis of an .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I agree with the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Mr.Hawkins). However, it is not just a question of sharing the figures.Simply saying that the Government believe the figure is 7 .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I shall deal with that interesting and lengthyintervention as follows. My hon. Friend will know that more than 80 percent. of legal aid cases are accepted on a non-contributory .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I do not wish to get involved in the minutiae of thesematters, but I accept that that is an immediate problem. It is difficultto determine what is a success and the point at .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: That is an example of the great wisdom of the Scottishlegal system. I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend for pointing outan essential failing in the Bill: the uplift .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 31)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: The question is well put. Since the 1995 provisions,which enabled conditional fee agreements to be entered into in suchinstances, cases that were funded by legal aid have been .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 30)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): I begin by declaring an interest as apractising member of the Bar. I declare another interest, which is that 25years ago I was one of the team working in the .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 24)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: Upon what research does my hon. Friend base thatassertion? Where can we obtain it? .....
Commons Hansard (14 Apr 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for14 Apr 1999 (pt 23)
Access to Justice Bill [Lords]
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Given the worrying statistic that fewer peoplewere helped over the period that my hon. Friend mentioned, does he acceptthe Legal Aid Board's finding that a .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 34)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I cannot think ofa better solution than to have the hon. Gentleman voting with me butrejecting all the arguments that I have made. .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 33)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: My hon. Friendthe Member for Shipley (Mr. Leslie) was simply wrong to say that theOpposition could appoint by recommendation to the House. Does my hon.Friend the Minister accept
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 32)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Does the hon.Gentleman really believe what he has just said? If the amendment werepassed, it would concentrate the Government's mind something wonderful,and it would not defer .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 27)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I ask my hon.Friend exactly the same question as I asked the right hon. Member forCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Mr. Maclennan). If the royalcommission says that the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 26)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: It is alwaysinteresting to hear the right hon. Gentleman's exposition of Government 16Feb 1999 : Column 803 policy, which is often much clearer than when wehear it from the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 24)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I accept thatstricture entirely. I finish with a unicameralist point, which fallsstrictly within the ambit of patronage and raises the question of whetherwe should press the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 24)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: There is atouching faith in royal commissions and in Joint Committees of the Housesof Parliament, but one of the problems with the royal commission is thatits remit is far too .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 24)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: That interventiondistresses me a little. I anticipated that someone would say, "That is thebusiness of a royal commission. Whether we will be saddled with patronageinto the next .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 24)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I can only saythat, in the overall sweep of the proposed measures, I have left thebishops behind. I have discussed the Law Lords with the hon. Gentleman,and I have no quarrel .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: If my hon. Friendhas not yet considered a career in the Cratchit area of the law, he shoulddo so at once. All appointments to the House of Lords are made on therecommendation .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: It is difficultfor me to hear my hon. Friend, so if he does not mind I shall continuewith my speech. Opposition Members have referred to the high quality ofMembers of the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I could not agreemore. I am delighted that my hon. Friend made that point. I do not want tostray outside the bounds of the amendment--I see the expression on yourface, Sir Alan. .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: That is why Iprovoked you, Sir Alan. I gather some comfort from the fact that, weresuch torture ever to be visited on me, my hon. Friend the Member forThurrock (Mr. Mackinlay) .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I accept yourrebuke, Sir Alan, on my own behalf and on behalf of the hon. Member forRochford and Southend, East (Sir T. Taylor). We should examine theprinciple and the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: It will notsurprise the hon. Gentleman to learn that that is the kernel, the gravamenand the purpose of the amendment. Briefly, the answer to his firstquestion is yes, and the .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 23)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I think that, atthis rate, my speech will take a long time. Yes, of course I shall giveway. .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 22)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: Yes. I have nohesitation in saying that I am a republican, and have been for as long asI can remember. I am perfectly happy to debate that issue with the hon.Gentleman at any .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 22)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: The hon.Gentleman is one of the great mediaevalists in the Chamber, and one of thevery few who has stood fast by the hereditary principle. I admire himenormously for that, but .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 22)
Clause 1
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: The amendment,which stands in my name and those of several hon. Members, would curtailthe use and the endowment of patronage in the appointment of Members ofthe House of Lords .....
Commons Hansard (16 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for16 Feb 1999 (pt 21)
Clause 1
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Ibeg to move amendment No. 13, in page 1, line 6, at end add Next SectionIndex Home Page .....
Commons Hansard (2 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 2Feb 1999 (pt 20)
House of Lords Bill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I am nottoo keen on the thin majority point. I agree with a great deal of what thehon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd) says, including aboutthe terrorism .....
Commons Hansard (2 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 2Feb 1999 (pt 19)
House of Lords Bill
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I agreewith the hon. Gentleman. The chances of this House passing, or theCommittee recommending, a unicameralist solution to the problem is smallindeed. That is one of the .....
Commons Hansard (2 Feb 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 2Feb 1999 (pt 19)
House of Lords Bill
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): I am delighted that you should have made that error, Mr. DeputySpeaker, as it has never been made before. I begin by saying what aprivilege and joy it is--it .....
Commons Hansard (25 Jan 1999)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for25 Jan 1999 (pt 35)
Iraq
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): I donot know who wrote the Minister's brief, but will he not answer the mainthrust of the point that is made: sanctions are a political weapon? Theyare not .....
Commons Hansard (2 Sept 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for2 Sept 1998 (pt 19)
Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy)Bill
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): I am grateful to my righthon. Friend. May I, in conjunction with the question just asked and in aspirit of seeking enlightenment, ask him to tell me and the rest .....
Commons Hansard (2 Sept 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for2 Sept 1998 (pt 9)
Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorismand Conspiracy) Bill) Mr. Marshall-Andrews: May I clarify the point that Iam trying to make, Madam Speaker? I am not talking about the merits of theclause from which I quoted; I cannot do so, because I cannot decipher it......
Commons Hansard (2 Sept 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for2 Sept 1998 (pt 9)
Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorismand Conspiracy) Bill)
Mr. Marshall-Andrews rose-- .....
Commons Hansard (2 Sept 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for2 Sept 1998 (pt 9)
Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorismand Conspiracy) Bill)
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): In supportof what has already been said to you, Madam Speaker, may I draw yourattention to one matter of importance that has not been mentioned? TheBill affects .....
Commons Hansard (8 Jul 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Jul 1998 (pt 42)
Clause 18
Mr. Marshall-Andrews rose-- .....
Commons Hansard (8 Jul 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Jul 1998 (pt 40)
Clause 18
Mr. Marshall-Andrews: I support theamendment, which is not specifically anti-Murdoch or anti-NewsInternational. I declare an interest: I write reasonably regularly for TheSunday Times, which is, of .....
Commons Hansard (8 Jul 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Jul 1998 (pt 38)
Clause 18
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): MayI helpfully suggest an answer that my hon. Friend might have given?European case law as adumbrated in the Bill 8 Jul 1998 : Column 1140 byclause 60 may .....
Commons Hansard (8 Jul 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8Jul 1998 (pt 19)
Engagements
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):In view of the recent reports in The Observer, will the Prime Ministerconsider one constructive suggestion? The ministerial code should beamended to prohibit .....
Commons Hansard (24 Feb 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for24 Feb 1998 (pt 8)
Iraq
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Incongratulating the Prime Minister, may I ask simply this? It is the commonaim, shared by all hon. Members, to inflict the minimum damage on thepeople of Iraq, .....
Commons Hansard (17 Feb 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for17 Feb 1998 (pt 13)
Iraq
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): Doesthe hon. and learned Gentleman agree with the view expressed by the righthon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Major), and endorsed by my right hon.Friend the .....
Commons Hansard (9 Feb 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9Feb 1998 (pt 13)
Child Support Agency
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for calling me in this importantdebate. It enables me to do two things: first, to congratulate my righthon. Friend the Minister for .....
Commons Hansard (28 Jan 1998)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for28 Jan 1998 (pt 6)
Millennium Dome
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews(Medway): Will my hon. Friend give way?
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 20)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 10)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I do not want to endorse totally most of the hon.Gentleman's pejorative comments about those things, but I agree that thatdivision is, in essence, pragmatic. Money cases have .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 10)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I am sure that the hon. Gentleman can see the points ofthe argument far better now and will understand them readily. The pictureis clouded rather than elucidated or illuminated .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 10)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr.Marshall-Andrews: I give way. .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 9)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:I am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that question. The Law CentresFederation is extremely concerned about these proposals. The difficulty isthat the proposals for the .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 9)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for calling meto speak in this important debate. I declare an interest: I have been 21Nov 1997 : Column 563 a practising lawyer .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 4)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:Is that all the information that my hon. Friend intends to give us on thesubject? .....
Commons Hansard (21 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for21 Nov 1997 (pt 4)
Civil Justice and Legal Aid
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): While my hon. Friend is on the subject ofinsurance, will he tell us in detail what discussions have taken placebetween the Lord Chancellor's Department and the .....
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 13)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:The hon. Gentleman asserts that the interests of one deserving minorityare being crushed for the benefit of another. Will he define the otherdeserving minority whose benefits are .....
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 13)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. Marshall-Andrewsrose-- .....
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 12)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:As far as I am concerned, the hon. Gentleman has overstated his case......
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 12)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:I would not dream of giving my hon. Friend any other response under anycircumstances. I will simply tell him this. There is a significantdifference between the handgun and other .....
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 11)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. Marshall-Andrews:I entirely accept what my hon. Friend has said and I will say what I have,in effect, said already--we are faced with a matter of balance. Iacknowledge immediately that, given the .....
Commons Hansard (3 Nov 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3Nov 1997 (pt 11)
Disabled persons: exemption.
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): This is something of a phenomenon: I intend tospeak against the amendment, and it is unusual in this Parliament for aLabour Member to find himself in a tiny .....
Commons Hansard (11 Jun 1997)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for11 Jun 1997 (pt 39)
Firearms (Amendment) Bill
Mr. RobertMarshall-Andrews (Medway): I shall also make my maiden speech thisevening. So many hon. Members have made maiden speeches tonight describingso many parts of the United Kingdom that it occurs
