Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to recommendation 8 of part 1 report of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, published on 9 July 2025, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of adopting the recommendation on trends in the level of (a) theft and (b) drug dealing.

The Government will carefully consider Sir Brian’s recommendations in detail before setting out a full response to the report in the autumn.