Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Viscount Bledisloe (Crossbench). It was answered on Tuesday, 23 January 2007.
Supreme Court
- Question
- My Lords, is it correct, as reported in today’s Times, that magistrates are faced with a 3.5 per cent annual cut in their court costs, year on year, over the next three years? Is it not grotesque to be spending these moneys on this unnecessary court building and its consequent replacement court buildings rather than providing a proper court service for everyday users?
- Answer
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My Lords, no, I disagree with that entirely. Since 1997, expenditure on the Crown Courts, according to an independent survey, has increased by 116 per cent. In order to accommodate the fact that there will no longer be seven courts at Middlesex Guildhall, additional courts are to be built at Isleworth. The one group that will not suffer are the Crown Courts.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 688 c997
- Session
- 2006-07
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Costs Buildings Capital investment Crown Court Supreme Court
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