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Commons · Question 116823 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2026

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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...