Mr Paul Kohler

Voted AYE on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)

Paul Kohler voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)' (78-408, defeated)

Spoke in debate: Defence Readiness

Parliamentary appearance by Mr Paul Kohler

Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address

Paul Kohler voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address' (307-171, passed)

Voted AYE on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)

Paul Kohler voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)' (78-408, defeated)

Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address

Paul Kohler voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address' (307-171, passed)

Defence Readiness

I congratulate the hon. Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) on her passionate and compassionate speech. There is much in the King’s Speech that I can support in principle, and the Liberal Democrats will engage constructively, but not uncritically, with its proposals. Too often, however, this Government’s instinct has been to prevaricate rather than to lead, and nowhere is that more apparent than in their dithering over our relationship with Europe. Any measure that rebuilds even

Supreme Court Dillon Judgment

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. The Supreme Court judgment lays bare the consequences of the previous Government’s catastrophic approach to legacy, which drew a wholly unjustifiable moral equivalence between terrorists and those who serve the Crown. That scheme was declared unlawful and incompatible with our human rights obligations by every court that considered it, and has now been repudiated by this Government. Those on the Conservative Benches who champione

Spoke in debate: Supreme Court Dillon Judgment

Parliamentary appearance by Mr Paul Kohler

Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Is the Minister talking about extending one trial over more hours? Surely the solution is having two trials in parallel. I do not know whether the Minister has ever been on a jury; I have been on a jury three times. It is very difficult for jury members, particularly non-lawyers, to listen to evidence for more than four hours. Currently they might do five, or five and a half hours in a day, and that is difficult for them. The idea of a trial in the morning and a trial in the afternoon running in

Spoke in debate: Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Parliamentary appearance by Mr Paul Kohler

Voted AYE on: Privilege

Paul Kohler voted AYE on 'Privilege' (223-335, defeated)

Voted AYE on: Privilege

Paul Kohler voted AYE on 'Privilege' (223-335, defeated)

Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)

While I concede that the black hole might not have been foreseeable, the fact that there was a backlog in the courts was clearly foreseeable. The idea that the Government came into power and then suddenly realised there was a backlog is implausible. We are two years into this Government. The change that was promised is long delayed and people are losing confidence—we see that. This point crosses political boundaries. The public are losing confidence in our democratic processes, and change delaye

Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I will speak on new clause 6, new clause 25 and, in particular, new clause 2 tabled by the hon. Member for Warrington North. Her proposal represents the genuine structural reform that victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse have long been promised and too long denied—the radical change that the Labour party proposed when in opposition and in fighting the last election. I acknowledge the hon. Member’s extraordinary courage in waiving

Voted NO on: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C

Paul Kohler voted NO on 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C' (273-167, passed)

Dunmurry Police Station Attack

I begin by praising the bravery of the police, the fire and ambulance services, and the delivery driver, all of whom put themselves in danger to prevent a tragedy. I am sure the Secretary of State recognises that, as an act of terrorism, this is a matter of national security, which is the responsibility of the central Government. Unfortunately, whenever asked about funding to combat dissident republican terrorism, the Northern Ireland Office repeatedly points to general funding allocated to the

Spoke in debate: Dunmurry Police Station Attack

Parliamentary appearance by Mr Paul Kohler

Spoke in debate: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)

Parliamentary appearance by Mr Paul Kohler

Voted NO on: Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X

Paul Kohler voted NO on 'Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X' (272-64, passed)

Voted NO on: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion

Paul Kohler voted NO on 'Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion' (279-176, passed)