Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Shailesh Vara and Nick Smith

Tuesday 9th September 2014 Commons Chamber

[Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)]

1. Whether he has any plans for further court closures.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Shailesh Vara)]

With the exception of recently published proposals on Abergavenny magistrates court and Caerphilly magistrates court, Bracknell magistrates court, Knutsford Crown court and Spalding magistrates court there are no plans for further court closures.

[Nick Smith]

How many courts closed since May 2010 have yet to be disposed of?

[Mr Vara]

I will come back to the hon. Gentleman with the precise figures.