Speeches by Brown-Fuller.

“Targets for Backlog Reduction”

“New Clause 5”

““(1) The Lord Chancellor must, within six months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed, set and publish annual targets for the reduction of the Crown Court backlog in England and Wales.”

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“Brought up, and read the First time.”

“(3) A report under subsection (1) must assess the impact of the scheme—”

“Brought up, and read the First time.”

“This new clause would require the Lord Chancellor to lay before Parliament a strategy for victim-led case management in relation to criminal court proceedings.”

““(1) The Lord Chancellor must, within 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act comes into force, lay before Parliament an independent report into the feasibility of conducting two trials per day in designated court rooms (‘the Scheme’).”

“Review of the Feasibility of Two Court Sittings per day”

“The Government should also take the opportunity to look at measures that would improve victims’ experiences, such as the Victims’ Commissioner’s model of a victim care hub, where victims would go to one place to get all the necessary advice on how to proceed through the criminal justice system. Alternatively, it could …”

“(2) The scheme would allow for proceedings in a Crown Court to consist of—”

“(b) an afternoon session, commencing at 14:00 and concluding at 18:00.”

“(a) the identification and prevention of racial bias, including unconscious bias, and”

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“This new clause requires the provision of training for the judiciary focused on domestic abuse.”

“New Clause 4”

“Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.”

“(a) a morning session, commencing at 09:00 and concluding at 13:00; and”

“(3) The Lord Chancellor must by regulations specify how often members of the judiciary must undertake such training.”