"I smile because I know the spirit in which the question is asked. I know that it is asked in good faith, but I also say this: as well as being a lawyer, I am also a Member of Parliament and I am also a woman. The question that was …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for all her tireless work for victims in her community who have been seriously impacted by some of the crimes that she outlines. My job is to take a look at the whole system and how it is functioning for all victims, for those who …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"The right hon. Gentleman is right: we should have a robust debate about the best way forward to fix what is undeniably a broken system. As a Department, we have several sources of evidence and assessment, not least the work that was done by the Leveson review. We will bring …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"We are looking, where we can, to invest as much as possible, but I remind the hon. Member that, when we talk about investment in sitting days, we must look at system capacity. That requires not just judicial time, but sufficient numbers of barristers—both defence and prosecution—and as the previous …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"Yes. As my hon. Friend knows, when I came to visit the justice centre in Telford with him we spoke a lot about the role that magistrates play, and I want to pay huge tribute to them. The proposals we brought forward last week are, as his question suggests, a …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"I can give my hon. Friend the assurance that the Under-Secretary of State and I are working incredibly hard. This is central to our Government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls, and we have to look at how not just the delays in our criminal justice system but …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"At the moment, the Secretary of State is giving a very important speech launching the Government’s anti-corruption strategy...." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"Let me make it very clear that for the offence of rape there will always be a jury trial. That was made clear in our proposals last week...." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"The hon. Member can get hold of Hansard and read my previous answer, which is that there will be an impact assessment at the requisite moment...." Sarah Sackman - View Speech
"This Government inherited an emergency in our criminal courts. Record and rising caseloads are leaving victims and many accused who are seeking to clear their name facing agonising delays, while some defendants game the system in the hope that their accusers simply give up on justice. We inherited a system …..." Sarah Sackman - View Speech