Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Lewer and Craig Williams

Tuesday 5th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Lewer (Northampton South) (Con)]

7. What steps his Department is taking to modernise the courts system.

[Craig Williams (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

8. What steps his Department is taking to modernise the courts system.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (James Cartlidge)]

We are investing £1.3 billion in transforming the justice system, including by introducing 21st-century technology and online services to modernise the courts. Digital reforms and simplified services are removing simple cases from court; cutting down on unnecessary paperwork; and helping some of the most vulnerable people, who are facing difficult situations, to get justice as quickly as possible. That is also critical to enable us to recover workloads in courts and tribunals, which are still experiencing the impacts of the pandemic.