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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think it is unfair to characterise people like you, who oppose those elements, as being in any way not concerned with victims—as being anti victims’ rights or…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 Hello. I am the shadow Minister. With witnesses such as you, I think it is important to be really clear about the areas about which you can and cannot comment. Does that make…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)The most specific element of modelling that the MOJ undertook was something called a structured elicitation workshop, which found that the time saved would be between 10% and 30%.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q To pick up on what you said—“do away with”—I think you will agree that we are talking about not the removal of jury trials, but a significant and historically unprecedented…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q The first example you have given is structural and not replicable across the whole country, but the other points you have made are all things we could support and implement more…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 (Second sitting)Q What is your comment on the fact that the Government are asking us to support and understand the estimates of Sir Brian Leveson based on his experience, and to accept modelling…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think that the Institute for Government’s classification of some of those assumptions as highly uncertain would be a fair classification? Daniel Flury: I would not like…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q I have asked you twice, and you have given the answer, and people can make up their own minds about what can be implied from that. Moving on to some extent, I can say to you,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Oh dear! Dame Vera Baird: Kieran, you are not listening to what Claire says—she is right. The women’s movement is very disappointed with the Bill because it does not tackle the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.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 (Second sitting)Thank you.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Would I be correct in saying that it should not be inferred from anything you say today about the issues that need to be addressed, the challenges that victims are experiencing…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Would it be fair to say that you had an increase in the backlog and then a decrease, without making any changes to the extent of the use of jury trials? Doug Downey: We have not…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you want to add anything to that, Ms Brimelow? Kirsty Brimelow: It is really sad that some of the political messaging has been positioning barristers against victims. It is…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 We have covered jury trials and changes around that, but if you were going to pick one or two other things that you did that you think had the biggest impact on reducing your…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Given your experience of seeing how proceedings flow in the courtroom on a day-to-day basis, I want to talk to you about modelling and the estimates of how much time will be…25 Mar 2026