Oral QuestionWomen and Equalities

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 12 November 2018Answered: 15 November 2018

Asked by

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

Answering Minister

the Minister for Women and Equalities

Answer from Hansard

Jake Richards

This is utter nonsense, Mr Speaker—the hon. Gentleman completely misunderstands how our legal system works. The Government understand that lawyers have to represent all sorts of people all the time, and we will stand by that. I gently say to the hon. Gentleman that the shadow Attorney General, while serving on the Tory Front Bench, is currently representing Roman Abramovich, a sanctioned Russian oligarch. There is no word from the Opposition Benches on that issue at all.