Mr David Lammy

Mr David Lammy

Labour — Tottenham

Speaking in the House of Commons on 3 February 2026

Debate

Changes to Jury Trials

Contribution

As I have said, our focus is on victims who are being left to wait three, four or five years for their day in court. That is why I will bring forward bold change to fix the rotting Courts Service that we inherited, deliver record investment in our courts so that they can sit for more days than ever before, introduce modernisation to deal with the inefficiencies that we inherited, and reform the system so that we can triage which trials get a jury and stop criminals gaming the system.

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