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Business of the House

I will not comment on the specific case, but from my experiences and those of my constituents over the years, I know that there is a problem from time to time in ensuring that not only prisoners, but witnesses and all people involved in court cases, are brought to court on the right date. Nothing is worse, especially for victims, than cases that do not go ahead as scheduled. The Government have devoted an enormous amount of effort and energy to improving the procedures so that we can ensure that the experience suffered by the hon. Gentleman’s constituent is not repeated.