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Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 December 2025

Debate

Restriction of Jury Trials

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister not worry that, in waiting and hoping that their case might be brought to trial, the suffering of so many rape victims has been weaponised in an attack on the jury system, one of the fundamental aspects of our democracy and of a free society? Their pain is being used to attack something that matters to all of us. Is that not overly cynical and doing a real disservice to those women, particularly, who are waiting for justice in relation to rape accusations?

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