Kim Johnson

Kim Johnson

Labour — Liverpool Riverside

Speaking in the House of Commons on 27 November 2025

Debate

Right to Trial by Jury

Contribution

The 2017 Lammy review found jury trials to be the only part of the justice system consistently free from racial bias. With only 12% of judges being from ethnic minority backgrounds, these proposals risk deepening disproportionality and undermining confidence in the justice system. Can the Minister explain how the public and ethnic minorities can have trust in this new Crown court division, when there is no evidence that it will even work to address the backlog?

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