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Mike Amesbury

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Strip Searching of Children
Tuesday 28th March 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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You could always reopen the court at Chorley to help.

Mike Amesbury Portrait Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
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Victims of crime are having to wait up to four and a half years for their day in court. Since 2010, 50% of magistrates courts have been closed. Do the Secretary of State and the Minister believe that is a coincidence?

Mike Freer Portrait Mike Freer
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In terms of the efficiency of the courts estate, I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that I am less hung up about the availability of buildings in every town and city and more hung up about whether we have sitting days and judges to ensure that our criminal justice system is swift and fair.

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