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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 March 2025
Debate
Courts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysContribution
When this Government took office eight months ago, we received an inheritance from the Conservative Government that was little short of disgraceful: our prisons were in crisis, on the edge of collapse, and our courts faced a record and rising backlog. While the crisis in our prisons was more obvious and visible, the harm caused by the backlog in our courts cannot be overestimated.
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