Prisoners: Voting — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:14 pm on 6 July 2011.

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Photo of Lord McNally Lord McNally Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords 3:14, 6 July 2011

I am not sure I entirely agree that it is simply a lack of money or budget. I know that the noble Lord has made this point about the financing of the court before, but that is why my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor has made this such an important part of our presidency of the Council of Europe; as the noble Lord says, any court that has a backlog of over 100,000 cases ain't working. We are going to do our best, and we are gathering support for the idea of trying, to get some fundamental reform of the court.