Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What discussions he has had with Ofwat and representatives of utility companies on reducing leaks from water mains.”
Tabled: 15 July 2021Answered: 22 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Sarah Sackman
As the Lord Chancellor has said, our priority is delivering swifter justice for victims and bearing down on the Crown court backlog. That is why we have asked Sir Brian Leveson to consider all options, which have to include reclassification of offences and the intermediate court. We have to have a whole-system reform, but I fear that if we were to exclude those options, we would not be gripping the problem.