Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Wimbledon
Status: Current member
Mr Paul Kohler
LDLiberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
CommonsWimbledonCurrent Member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-03-25
Activity total: 13
Contributions: 13
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
Parliamentary post
Recent Votes
Recent recorded divisions
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
Commons - 2026-03-25T16:00:00+00:00
NoPassed
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:48:00+00:00
NoPassed
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:37:00+00:00
NoPassed
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:26:00+00:00
NoPassed
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:15:00+00:00
NoPassed
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:01:00+00:00
NoPassed
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
Commons - 2026-03-24T19:01:00+00:00
No vote recordedDefeated
Opposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas
Commons - 2026-03-24T16:00:00+00:00
No vote recordedDefeated
Recent Participation
Recent speeches in the feed
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 17:21Q And you do agree that defendant non-arrival is a cause of delays and of the backlog. Daniel Flury: It is certainly a cause of delays. As I said, it causes late starts and late f…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 17:20Q Do you think that doing away with jury trials will help that at all? Daniel Flury: Not really, no.
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 17:20Q To return to something you said in answer to the shadow Minister, how effective do you think the prisoner escort and custody service is? Daniel Flury: I think we all agree that…
Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
2026-03-25 · 11:45On a recent visit to Northern Ireland, I met with numerous stakeholders, including veterans, victims and survivors, all of whom are seeking justice. Yet I fear that both the forme…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25I would like to hear your view. Clement Goldstone: Because of the involvement of the public and the right of the person to be tried by his or her peers—but something has to give.…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25I am, because you are doing away with them in certain cases. Given the efficiencies, can you remind me why juries are a good thing in any case? Clement Goldstone: We have already…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25Q Mr Goldstone, given the efficiencies you see in doing away with juries in this number of cases— Clement Goldstone: You are using that phrase again.
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25He is not a journalist, though; he is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. Lord Burnett of Maldon: Let me give you a sense of how we had to deal with this when we got through covid.…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25Q We all agree that the backlog is too great. Lord Burnett, in The Guardian this week retired Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Alan Moses argued that we could cut the backlog by a third…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25Q What about in the criminal context? Doug Downey: In the criminal context, it is not something that we have broached. I would have to have that conversation with my federal count…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25But would you support reducing the percentage even more in Canada? Doug Downey: We have an anachronism here in Canada with civil juries, which you got rid of quite some time ago.…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25Q In Canada, 96% of your criminal trials are without a jury. In this country, 97% of our criminal trials are without a jury. Would you support reducing the percentage of jury tria…