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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 14 December 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Djanogly.

Courts Service Estate

Statement on the Government response to the consultation on Her Majesty's Courts Service estate.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
520 c816-31;520 c815-31 
Session
2010-12
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-2269
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Court Estates Reform Programme
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Written statements
House of Commons
Courts: Closures
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Written statements
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 520 c820;520 c819 (Link to this contribution) Order. I trust that the shadow Minister is in his final sentence. He has taken almost as long respon...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c820-1;520 c819-20 (Link to this contribution) In his rather concise statement—or perhaps it was not—the shadow Minister said that the savings are ...
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Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c816-8;520 c815-7 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to announce the Government's response to their consultation on H...
Andy Slaughter | 520 c818-20;520 c817-9 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to see the Minister at the Dispatch Box for this important statement on the delivery of...
George Howarth | 520 c822;520 c821 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is well aware, not least from correspondence from me, that the data on which he based t...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c822;520 c821 (Link to this contribution) It is not the case that we have not reinvested. As I said in the statement, we are reinvesting in th...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c821;520 c820-1 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is passionate about the Courts Service, as I know not least from my appearance ...
Speaker | 520 c822;520 c821 (Link to this contribution) Order. As usual, there is much interest and little time, so brevity from Back-Bench and Front-Bench ...
Lord Beith | 520 c821;520 c820 (Link to this contribution) There is clearly a case for making savings where courts are close together or little used. However, ...
Heather Wheeler | 520 c823;520 c822 (Link to this contribution) I wrote to the Minister at the time regarding the potential closure in Burton. People in South Derby...
Hazel Blears | 520 c822;520 c821-2 (Link to this contribution) I frankly do not understand the Minister's decision on Salford magistrates court. Not only do we hav...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c823;520 c822 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady came to see me with members of her local authorities, and she spoke strongly in ...
Roger Gale | 520 c822;520 c821 (Link to this contribution) On 16 November, one Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice told me in a parliamentary answer tha...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c822;520 c821 (Link to this contribution) It is true that in terms of capacity, Crown courts are almost bursting at the seams, which is why my...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c828;520 c827 (Link to this contribution) We have considered transport very carefully, and we concluded that one hour on public transport was ...
Mark Williams | 520 c828;520 c827 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Minister to reflect not just on north Wales, as he has been asked to do, but on the hu...
Robert Walter | 520 c829;520 c828 (Link to this contribution) I am doubly disappointed, because the Minister did not give me prior notification of a court closure...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c829;520 c828 (Link to this contribution) As I have said to other hon. Members, the consultation period has now finished, but I must point out...
Nigel Adams | 520 c829;520 c828 (Link to this contribution) What consideration was given to the fact that just two years ago the thick end of £1 million was spe...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c829;520 c828 (Link to this contribution) Investment has been made in various parts of the estate at various times, but the courtroom capacity...
Sheryll Murray | 520 c828 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be aware that documents on his website cite the travel time from Liskeard to Bodmi...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c828 (Link to this contribution) Yes, we did take those into account.
Bob Blackman | 520 c828;520 c827-8 (Link to this contribution) There will be widespread concern about the closure of Harrow magistrates court, not least because it...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c828 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the time for consultation has now passed and the decision has been taken. The probl...
Jonathan Lord | 520 c829;520 c828-9 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will appreciate that I am extremely disappointed by the decision to close Woking magist...
Guy Opperman | 520 c829 (Link to this contribution) I disclose my former profession as a barrister. Tynedale in Northumberland has almost 1,000 square m...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c829 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend made a very cogent case for the retention of his court, and put the local case very s...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c830;520 c829 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for those comments. Clearly, things were not all bad in Wales. We wanted to d...
Philip Hollobone | 520 c830;520 c829 (Link to this contribution) Residents in the borough of Kettering will be pleased that the Minister has listened to the vigorous...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c830;520 c829 (Link to this contribution) The court will remain open because of concerns raised about the capacity of the receiving court at N...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c829 (Link to this contribution) We do not believe that the figures we consulted on were wrong.
Neil Carmichael | 520 c829 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that Stroud magistrates court will remain open. I regard it as an example of an effic...
David TC Davies | 520 c830;520 c829 (Link to this contribution) I, too, am deliriously happy today, and I thank the Minister for listening to the arguments that I a...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c830-1;520 c830 (Link to this contribution) The court is closing because it has a sitting day allocation of only 76 days, and the work will tran...
Christopher Pincher | 520 c830 (Link to this contribution) The state of the public finances notwithstanding, many people in Tamworth will be bitterly disappoin...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c830 (Link to this contribution) Yes, we have: we will be doing about £170,000-worth of work to accommodate the work from Rochdale ma...
David Nuttall | 520 c830;520 c829-30 (Link to this contribution) I, too, remind the House of my former profession as a solicitor. I warmly welcome the Minister's sta...
Michael Ellis | 520 c831;520 c830 (Link to this contribution) I declare my interest as a barrister—in fact, I have appeared in a couple of these courts. The Minis...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c831;520 c830 (Link to this contribution) They are indeed. I have visited the pilot projects in south London, which work extremely well. We ha...
Andrew Griffiths | 520 c831;520 c830 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has already heard the genuine concerns about the closure of Burton county court. He sai...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c831;520 c830 (Link to this contribution) We would be happy to discuss that with my hon. Friend. We propose that work will transfer to either ...
Speaker | 520 c831 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the advance notice, but points of order come after th...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c824;520 c823 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am pleased to say that the impact assessments have been published today, and my hon. Friend w...
Steve Barclay | 520 c823-4;520 c823 (Link to this contribution) There will be great dismay at the closure of Ely and Wisbech magistrates courts in North East Cambri...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c823;520 c822-3 (Link to this contribution) Having considered the matter, we believe that local justice will be maintained in the hon. Gentleman...
Elfyn Llwyd | 520 c823;520 c822 (Link to this contribution) The maintenance figures used by the Minister to justify closures in Wales were wildly inaccurate. On...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c823;520 c822 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths) secured an Adjournment debate in July, and I...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c824-5;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) ... Thank you, Mr Speaker. The court was used for only 23% of the available time in 2009-10, and th...
Speaker | 520 c824 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think we will make do with one question. Just before the Minister replies, may I remind the...
Tessa Munt | 520 c824;520 c823-4 (Link to this contribution) I would like to tell the Minister about my concerns for the people who live in rural Somerset. That ...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c824;520 c823 (Link to this contribution) No, I am afraid to say to the hon. Gentleman that the decision has been taken. Rochdale magistrates ...
Ann Clwyd | 520 c825;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) The shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter), asked whether the Min...
Julian Smith | 520 c825;520 c824-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for listening to my constituents in Skipton and the Yorkshire dales. Will he pa...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c825;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) Travel times were worked out by the Courts Service. The difficulty is that times will vary from one ...
Eric Illsley | 520 c825;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has already announced that Barnsley county court will be retained, but can he confirm t...
Bernard Jenkin | 520 c825;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is to be commended for coming to the House to make an oral statement on what was inevit...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c825;520 c824 (Link to this contribution) I do not have an answer to that question. I will look into the matter and come back to the hon. Gent...
Lord Mann | 520 c825 (Link to this contribution) I am relieved that the robust campaign for Worksop magistrates court has eventually been listened to...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c825 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend spoke forcefully in an Adjournment debate and then met my officials and me. He made a...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) I am absolutely convinced by what my hon. Friend has to say. Millions of pounds are currently wasted...
Rehman Chishti | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's statement. Will he confirm that millions of pounds are wasted each year by ...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) Replacement of the inadequate facilities at the Liverpool magistrates courts at Dale street and Vict...
John Pugh | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) Why is the Minister still looking for magistrates court space in Liverpool while closing down the pu...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c826 (Link to this contribution) Effective localised justice is an important part of the Green Paper that my right hon. Friend the Se...
David Burrowes | 520 c826;520 c825-6 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as a court duty solicitor. I welcome the reprieve of Waltham Forest magistrate...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) The purpose of the review was not to look at the impact of the closure of courts on the wider econom...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c826-7;520 c826 (Link to this contribution) We have had to take some tough decisions; of that there is no doubt. As I said before, we are dealin...
Jonathan Edwards | 520 c826 (Link to this contribution) Ammanford court in my constituency was recently refurbished at a cost of £59,000 to make it one of t...
Robert Halfon | 520 c827;520 c826 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will strongly welcome the decision to keep Harlow magistrates court. Ours is a growt...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c827;520 c826 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and it is hoped that the retention of the magistrates court will enable business to be conducte...
Sarah Wollaston | 520 c827;520 c826-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has confirmed that the work of Totnes magistrates court is to be relocated. I know he...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c827;520 c826 (Link to this contribution) The court at Goole is closing not least because of low utilisation, but when we looked at the respon...
Alun Cairns | 520 c827 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has announced the closure of Barry magistrates court. I believe that that decision was ...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c827 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised an important point. I hope that the answer is yes, and if I can be of assi...
Gordon Henderson | 520 c828;520 c827 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says that his proposals will provide a better and more efficient justice system. Will h...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c828;520 c827 (Link to this contribution) I certainly will, but, again, the court has low utilisation, and Cardiff is just 9 miles away, with ...
Jonathan Djanogly | 520 c828;520 c827 (Link to this contribution) Of course I will meet my hon. Friend if that is what he wants, but I have already met him and we hav...
Andy Slaughter | 520 c820;520 c819 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful, Mr Speaker-you predicted absolutely correctly that I am coming immediately to th...
Simon Danczuk | 520 c824;520 c823 (Link to this contribution) To say that this announcement is disappointing is an understatement. Justice will no longer be done ...
Andrew Percy | 520 c827;520 c826 (Link to this contribution) Goole magistrates court is provided by the local police authority at a peppercorn rent, and is conne...
Albert Owen | 520 c826;520 c825 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge and welcome the retention of the county court at Llangefni—and I congratulate the Mini...
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Courts Cost effectiveness Closures Buildings Capital investment County courts Magistrates' courts Liverpool Travel Witnesses Victims Video conferencing HM Courts Service Newcastle-under-Lyme Prestatyn Camberwell
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