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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)The point that I was making is that it should be the seriousness of the case that is the sole dictator of the mode of trial, and that likely sentence is the best and most…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)If I may say so, and as long as it is not indiscreet, my hon. Friend seems far younger and more energetic than she claims to be. She makes an important point because she does have…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)Miscarriage of justice should concern us all. That is why I am happy to see the responsibility for looking into miscarriages of justice being given to the Criminal Cases Review…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)The circumstances of the Post Office Horizon scandal are incredibly serious. Part of the reason why they came about is because people were essentially fabricating evidence and…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate that my hon. Friend was not present for all the evidence sessions, but I wonder whether she would reflect on the evidence we heard from Clement Goldstone, who was the…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)Further to that point of order, Dr Huq. I am happy to respond. We were probably at cross purposes. There was obviously a very high-profile case, which is the one that I thought…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am sorry: I did have that question noted down. The hon. Member will get an answer.16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I will endeavour to do just that, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden and the hon. Members for Bexhill and Battle and for Chichester for…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I think I have been as clear as I can be. If a mode-of-trial decision is so out of order or unlawful that it is challengeable by way of judicial review, it can be challenged in…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)Once again, I thank the hon. Members for Bexhill and Battle and for Chichester and my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden for tabling the amendments. I will seek…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am happy to sit down with the hon. Member again to clarify what she means by summary. There is no curtailment of the trial. All the elements of the trial happen in exactly the…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)As we have heard extensively in evidence, whether from Sir Brian Leveson, the three experienced judges or our international comparators, including the Attorney General for…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am going to make some progress. Amendment 40 seeks to introduce an appeal route. The practical effect would be adding an additional interlocutory stage to proceedings,…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)There is no specific ability to appeal, but of course, a decision in relation to mode of trial could be subject to judicial review. Those familiar with the judicial review process…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)My understanding, and I will happily correct the record if I am wrong, is that there is no bar to judicial review in that context. However, there is not a specific route of…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am going to make some progress. Both parties will be able to make representations as I have said. We also recognise that cases can and do evolve as they progress through the…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)As I am about to come on to, not least to address the very fair questions raised by the hon. Member for Reigate—she knows that I do not mind answering questions, because we have a…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)Of course nobody is infallible in this process, and mistakes are made. But I caution that there is a distinction between taking a decision that is totally outwith the legal…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am going to make some progress. Amendment 18 would introduce a new right to appeal allocation or reallocation determinations made under proposed new sections 74A and 74B. The…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am not quite sure, in that hypothetical, where those arguments would take us. As I said, the allocation—whatever the constitution of the Crown court, it is still the Crown…16 Apr 2026