Clause 7 - Notification of court and date of trial
Criminal Justice and Police Bill
11:00 am
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
The Parliamentary Secretary must not be allowed to get away with his specious suggestion that the Government are carrying on the previous Government's policy of allowing magistrates courts committees to make unfettered decisions about courts. The Government have imposed huge bureaucratic pressure and all the costs of the Human Rights Act 1998 on magistrates courts committees, so the closure of those courts throughout the country is directly the Government's fault.