Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)

Martin Wrigley Excerpts

Wednesday 22nd January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot) (LD)]

Will the hon. Lady give way?

[Antonia Bance]

I will not—I have only a little time.

It is not just the health system that will take on new costs. Our civil courts are groaning under the strain of years of Tory underfunding, although my right hon. Friend the Justice Secretary is doing a brilliant job of putting our court system back to rights. However, this Bill will impose new unfunded and unknown costs on our courts. It blithely assumes that judges and courts will be available, yet the waiting time for a family court case at the moment is 10 months. That just will not work for the Bill. How much will the extra spending on courts cost?