Natalie Fleet

Natalie Fleet

Labour — Bolsover

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 January 2026

Debate

Jury Trials

Contribution

What has been missing from this debate is the word “victims.” We inherited a system in which there are criminals who will have chosen to spend Christmas at home with their children. They will still be at home with their children next year, and the year after that, because we have a system that allows them to kick justice down the road. Meanwhile, women will have been raped this Christmas, and they will have to wait half a decade for justice. How can Members defend that system?

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