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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Are there any lessons that could be drawn out for the rest of the country? You have given us some that you think cannot be. Sir Brian Leveson: Yes, and I have made…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)I do not want to assume what you may or may not know about Liverpool, but are you aware that Liverpool does not have a backlog in its courts? Sir Brian Leveson: I am very aware of…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q You mentioned that you visited Liverpool. Sir Brian Leveson: Yes.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask about the process of your review. Did you undertake any visits to Crown courts, and if so, which ones? Sir Brian Leveson: Well, I have been visiting Crown courts…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q But how are you currently rating them? Thank you for telling me what the risks are, but do you think you have a low risk of failure to deliver, or a high risk? Daniel Flury: It…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q So you feel you are reflecting what victims want. Claire Waxman: Yes.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Are there particular parts of the process that you have observed and want to raise? Police officers often attend court and are often witnesses. In your experience,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)On the right to elect, your report—we are not talking about further work that you are not responsible for—says: “It has been assumed that disposals per day in the magistrates’…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I have read it, and I have just read you a quote. If you do not want to take a common quote at its face value, that is fine. Claire Waxman: Can I just remind you that we have…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Lord Burnett, when, as Lord Chief Justice, you were considering how to improve the efficiency of the service and the experience of victims, did you ever consider reductions to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Welsh Women’s Aid? Claire Waxman: Yes, they are talking about criminalisation, which is an appalling failing of our criminal justice system.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Yes. A whole series of stakeholders were invited by the MOJ and they potentially strongly disagree with your central conclusion of 20%. I have no further questions.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q My next, very simple question is: do you accept that there is a diversity of opinion among those representing victims about whether it is the right step to take? Claire Waxman:…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I will take you through some further questions. Sir Brian Leveson: Fine.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Thanks ever so much for coming, and for your patience with the parliamentary procedure. I know that these things are really challenging sometimes, so I want to thank you in…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Are you familiar with the letter to the Deputy Prime Minister from a coalition of more than a dozen violence against women and girls groups, including the End Violence Against…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I want to move on to the references in your report to the modelling. I have various quotes from part 1 of your report, to refresh your memory of what you said. In paragraph 11,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q I think the witnesses were in the Public Gallery for the introductions, so I will skip straight to my questions. Claire, you have expressed your support of the structural…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Dame Vera, you talked about Charlotte’s powerful testimony. Would you accept that Charlotte has said it is wrong to use the voice of victims to advocate purely for reforms, as…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q First, I am very grateful for you coming today to give evidence. We often debate things and hear from third parties but nothing is more important than hearing from people, such…25 Mar 2026