Robert Buckland
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Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con)
3. What his proposed timetable is for legislation to allow broadcasting of selected court proceedings.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Jonathan Djanogly)
We are planning to legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows to permit broadcasting of selected court proceedings as part of our commitment to increasing transparency in public services. Initially, we will allow broadcasting of judgments in the Court of Appeal, and we expect to extend this to sentencing remarks in the Crown court in due course.
Mr Buckland
I thank the Minister for that answer. Will he confirm that information will be the watchword, not sensationalism, and that any conditions imposed will have that very much in mind?
Mr Djanogly
Yes, I can assure my hon. Friend that we will not allow our courts to become places of public theatre. Victims, witnesses, defendants and jurors will not be filmed.