Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“What steps the Government is taking to support the growth of the agri-tech sector.”

Tabled: 25 April 2018Answered: 1 May 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)

The Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. We are investing more than the Conservatives ever did, and funding a record allocation of Crown court sitting days—110,000 days this year, which is 4,000 more than during the last Government—but we must reform, too. Sir Brian Leveson will soon present his recommendations for delivering once-in-a-generation reform and swifter justice for victims.