Trials
Commons · Question 116823 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone on (a) the number of pre-trial hearings and (b) the number of appeals to these hearings.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 11 Mar 2026
The Ministry of Justice has published information about the impacts of the IRCC measures in the Courts and Tribunals Bill, in the IRCC Impact Assessment (Courts and Tribunals Bill (Structural Criminal Court) Impact Assessment). This includes the impacts o...