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HANSARDCourt Backlog: ShropshireI am very much looking forward to working with my hon. Friend, and am pleased with his recognition that the Nightingale court will continue, which is very important. The good news…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to centre his comments on the youth justice system. We will bring forward an action plan on that area very shortly.03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this issue on behalf of Ralph Bulger. I know that he is meeting Baroness Levitt today. I too am happy to meet to discuss these issues…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise the seriousness of the issue my hon. Friend raises. I met prison officer unions just two weeks ago to discuss these very issues. My judgment is that, with the prison…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right that we are expecting a lot of our prison officers. I was staggered at the state of what we inherited from the Conservatives. I met the prison officer…03 Feb 2026HANSARDSeparation Centres ReviewWith permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement on Jonathan Hall KC’s independent review of separation centres and the Government’s response to it. On 12 April 2025,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThese issues have a bearing on the Department for Business and Trade, so we necessarily have to work across Government. However, in a bipartisan manner, I and my Ministers will of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPrison Estate: SafetyMy hon. Friend is right: we must have capacity in our prisons to deal with the crisis that we inherited, which is why we introduced the Victims and Courts Bill and the Bill which,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for continuing to champion this issue, and I also pay tribute to the work of JENGbA. I have met the chair of the Criminal Cases Review…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this issue. I am quite confident that the Bill does that now, but I will look closely again at her amendment.03 Feb 2026HANSARDSeparation Centres ReviewI agree with the shadow Justice Secretary on the dangerous radicalised offenders we are talking about. I sense some cross-party agreement on that and on the importance of the work…03 Feb 2026HANSARDSeparation Centres ReviewWe will continue to place individuals in separation centres, and Mr Hall’s review confirmed that they remain a vital part of our strategy to manage the most significant terrorist…03 Feb 2026HANSARDMagistrate RecruitmentWe are accelerating magistrate recruitment to meet future demand. Trailblazing reforms in three regions are streamlining the process, reducing the time from application to…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last session of Justice questions, the Government have delivered the landmark Sentencing Act 2026 to implement punishment that works to cut crime and make our streets…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChanges to Jury TrialsIt is a bit rich raising what my colleagues are up to on the Back Benches when the hon. Member’s colleagues are going to other Benches in this House. He knows that article 40 of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChanges to Jury TrialsThe IfG estimated a 10% contribution. If this were a 10% contribution to bringing down waiting lists at a hospital in the hon. Lady’s constituency, she would have it. Sir Brian…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman really should read Sir Brian Leveson’s report. We have to do all of it. Sir Brian will be publishing the second part of the report, which deals with the issues…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChanges to Jury TrialsThe Courts Minister and the Prisons Minister are working together on this issue. Sir Brian Leveson will have more to say tomorrow in part 2 of his report, on efficiencies, but one…03 Feb 2026HANSARDMagistrate RecruitmentFirst off, I thank the hon. Gentleman for mentioning victims. For too long in this place, we have tended to focus either on the prosecution side or on defendants, but it is…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChanges to Jury TrialsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that, but may I refer him to Sir Brian’s report, and to his article in The Sunday Times this weekend? He talks about trials being longer, DNA…03 Feb 2026