Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

What plans he has to give Crown Court judges the power to require defendants held on remand to attend sentencing hearings in person.

Tabled: 18 May 2022Answered: 24 May 2022

Asked by

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds)

My Department’s four priorities are to reset our trade relations, deliver a new deal for working people, support small business and implement a mission-focused industrial strategy. In just a few short weeks, we have begun preparing no fewer than four Bills for the King’s Speech. I have attended the G7 trade summit, and set up the Horizon convictions redress scheme. We have ensured UK Export Finance support for the defence of Ukraine, changed the remit of the Low Pay Commission and organised an international investment summit for 14 October. I have spoken to my international counterparts, to all my colleagues in the devolved Administrations and to several hundred business leaders. That is how we will build the pro-innovation, pro-worker, pro-business economy that the British people voted for.