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Oral Answers to Questions

Gregory Stafford Excerpts
Tuesday 16th December 2025

(1 day, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gregory Stafford Portrait Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon) (Con)
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T2. The Justice Secretary’s plan to slash jury trials without any guarantee that the backlog of cases will fall has not survived first contact with Labour Back Benchers. The backlash has forced No. 10 to reassure Labour Members that legislation will not be introduced until October next year, but the Justice Secretary’s team insist that it will come in February. They cannot both be right. Can the Justice Secretary confirm at the Dispatch Box when the legislation is coming forward?

David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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The hon. Gentleman can do better than that. That is not true. We are serious about bringing down the backlog, and that means that we of course want to introduce our courts Bill in the early part of next year.