Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“What recent steps the Government has taken to close the gender pay gap.”
Tabled: 14 October 2019Answered: 17 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr David Lammy)
We inherited a justice system in crisis, with a backlog of over 80,000 cases—double what it was in the pre-covid era—and with victims, witnesses and defendants waiting years for justice. That is what truly undermines confidence in our justice system. Justice delayed is justice denied. Only by pulling every lever—investment, efficiency and reform—can we turn the tide.