Liz Saville Roberts

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru — Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 January 2026

Debate

Jury Trials

Contribution

We have already recognised that there is a regional aspect to this issue. Wales’s Crown courts generally outperform those in England. They are not perfect—we have a backlog of maintenance issues and other problems—but I can only reiterate the opposition of past and present Labour Welsh Government Counsels General, who say that scrapping jury trials is both extreme and unnecessary. Why not take this as an opportunity to keep jury trials in Wales so that we can get a real-time impact assessment that we could compare with what is happening in England if we have to have changes?

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