Authorised court and tribunal staff: legal advice and judicial functions

Part of Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 12 December 2018.

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Photo of Simon Hoare Simon Hoare Conservative, North Dorset 2:30, 12 December 2018

I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice for giving way—[Laughter.] That bought us 32 seconds. I am interested in what she has said. Is she able to dilate—preferably at some considerable length—on the benefits that might accrue from people not having to go to court in rural areas, such as North Dorset, where public transport is scarce and where not everybody has access to a motor car? The changes could be of huge benefit to large, sparsely populated rural areas such as mine.