ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Jonathan Clamp was selected to fight Lewisham East last night. The Conservatives are in second place in the seat, currently held by Bridget Prentice for Labour. Jonathan faces a projected Labour majority of nearly 9,000.
National Secular Society (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
In a written answer to MPs, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice said that decisions made under Islamic sharia law can be accepted by English and Welsh family courts.
Exposing Islam. (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
In a speech to an Islamic conference, the Justice Secretary said the arguments against creating a parallel system of Sharia law in Britain were 'overwhelming'. His remarks come less than a week after one of his junior ministers, Bridget Prentice, appeared to clear Islamic courts to deal with family and divorce disputes, including how a Muslim couple divide their money and property and who gets the...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Debate on the status of Sharia in the UK has been stoked by Bridget Prentice, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, in comments last week that “Sharia has no jurisdiction in England and Wales and there is no intention to change this position”.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Bridget Prentice, the justice minister, did her best to try to allay fears that sharia law on family disputes was worming itself into English law, or was being given the status of an acceptable parallel system of law. In a written parliamentary answer last week, she stressed that "sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales and there is no intention to change this position. Similarly, we do...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
Bridget Prentice, a junior minister at the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that Sharia councils will have the right to settle disputes between two 'consensual' parties, where they relate to money, property and access to children. By the letter of...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Bridget Prentice MP (Lewisham East) is a fairly small fish in the big political pond. Somehow she has managed to attain the dizzying heights of ministerial office in the Justice Department. She is currently under investigation by the House of Commons authorities for alleged misuse of the Communications Allowance. Prentice's tax-payer funded Annual Report was being delivered to residents of two wards...
Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Lest people accuse us of a vendetta against Labour in drawing attention to their misuse of their parliamentary positions, (see posting about Keith Vaz and Bridget Prentice ), we should point out that Conservatives are at it too .
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Following on from the case of Lewisham East MP Bridget Prentice getting into trouble over how she is using her MP allowances, now it is the turn of Labour MP for Lewisham West, Jim Dowd. As with Bridget Prentice, he looks to be using the funds provided to help him communicate with his constituents to [...]
Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Following the revelations in the Daily Mail about Keith Vaz , Labour MP for Leicester East, there is news that the Labour MP for Lewisham, Bridget Prentice , may have misused part of her parliamentary allowance. The accusation concerns funds made available for constituency work, which Ms Prentice has used to promote herself to people living elsewhere.
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East, Labour) is to be investigated for using the funds made available for constituency work to promote herself to people living elsewhere. As the local newspaper reports: Lewisham Liberal Democrat councillor Cllr Mark Morris made the allegation in a letter to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. It came after a report, containing an [...]
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Dear Bridget Prentice, As a Labour MP I suspect that ‘having a spine’ is probably too much to ask, but I’m going to try anyway. I don’t think for one second that you have much power as the parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, but you should be shouting from the rooftops about [...]
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has said its policy is not to reduce awards to rape victims who have been drinking. Reductions were made in 14 cases. Justice minister Bridget Prentice clarifies the policy towards rape compensation.
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Dear Bridget Prentice, You have bravely stepped into a controversial topic this morning in your role as Justice Minister. I don’t know much about the legal side of rape, despite the cases that the media report. It was therefore surprising to read that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is allowed to cut compensation to victims if consumption of alcohol [...]
PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
The Ministry of Justice has recently announced that there will be a research based review of ‘no win no fee’ funding arrangements which are used in personal injury claims, employment claims and defamation claims. Justice Minister Bridget Prentice said ‘No win no fee arrangements are vital in helping to give the public a voice in courts. [...]
