Serious Criminal Cases Backlog

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:47 pm on 20 January 2021.

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Photo of Chris Philp Chris Philp The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 12:47, 20 January 2021

I thank my hon. Friend, who of course has a distinguished background in this field himself, for his question. We do intend to continue rolling out the use of video and remote technology in the way that he describes. We see huge opportunities there. The Lord Chief Justice, in response to the most recent lockdown, urged trial judges and other judges to use remote hearing technology as widely as they possibly can, so this work is continuing. As I said in response to the last question, last week was a record week for remote hearings, and we expect the roll-out and the adoption of this technology to continue apace.