Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing greater use of evidence from automated enforcement technology in trials.”
Tabled: 11 March 2026Answered: 17 March 2026
Asked by
Peter Lamb
Labour — Crawley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Courts and Legal Services (Sarah Sackman)
It is the prosecution and the defence who decide what evidence to put forward in a criminal trial, including deciding whether to put forward evidence from automated enforcement technology. Once that evidence has been put forward, the magistrates and the judge have a duty to ensure that only admissible evidence is presented to a jury.