Juries
Commons · Question 98473 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Criminal Court Reform, published on 2 December 2025, HCWS1123, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the option for defendant
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 17 Dec 2025
The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard and too many victims waiting years for justice. One of the first priorities of this Government has been to tack...