Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 10 June 2020Answered: 16 June 2020
Asked by
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford and Isleworth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
This Government unfortunately inherited a record Crown court backlog, with the human impact felt most severely by victims. Lengthy delays are much too common and victim attrition much too high. The Lord Chancellor has set out swift action to address that, including by increasing the number of Crown court sitting days and increasing magistrates courts’ sentencing powers to take pressure off the Crown courts.