Gideon Amos

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 December 2024

Debate

Crown Court Backlog

Contribution

The Minister referred to court chaos. A tribunal judge and a court worker from my Taunton and Wellington constituency wrote to me. The tribunal judge said: “tribunals are being cancelled every day as they say there are not enough judges to cover the cases. This is absolutely not the case,” and “People are waiting months for their benefit appeals in appalling poverty and again we cannot deal with the cases because of this limit” on sitting days. What will the Minister do to increase sitting days in Taunton and Somerset courts?

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