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Debate between Mike Freer and Henry Smith
Tuesday 20th February 2024

(10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Freer Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mike Freer)
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The £55 claim issue fee is modest, and this is completely different from the previous fee scheme, so I simply do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. I am quite happy to defend that small, reasonable fee as necessary to help defray the costs of our system.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry  Smith  (Crawley)  (Con)
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T6.   What percentage of the backlog in Crown court cases is due to foreign national offenders, and what has been done to reduce that?

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