Nightingale Courts

Part of Justice – in the House of Commons at on 14 September 2021.

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Photo of Jeff Smith Jeff Smith Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Nationally we have a record high Crown court backlog of about 60,000 cases a result of the court closures and a decade of Tory cuts. Will the Government commit to continuing Nightingale courts until the backlog has cleared? When does the Minister think that will happen?