Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK.

Tabled: 23 November 2023Answered: 30 November 2023

Asked by

Martin Vickers

ConservativeBrigg and Immingham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Heidi Alexander)

We are committed to ensuring the swift delivery of justice for victims at all stages of the criminal justice system, and we are working closely with various partners involved to achieve that aim. In relation to the courts, we plan to sit more than 105,000 working days in the Crown court this financial year, and we continue to hear criminal cases at Nightingale courts. We are also considering other measures to speed up justice for victims, and we will make further announcements in due course.