United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 904705
Trials: Coronavirus
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14 July 2020
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14 July 2020 · Written question
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14 July 2020
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Whether his Department has conducted an equalities impact assessment of the proposal to replace jury trials with trials by a judge and two magistrates to tackle the backlog in criminal cases as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
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14 July 2020
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Equality considerations are always given very careful thought when developing policies. However, we have no plans to remove the right to jury trial, something that I am deeply committed to.Recovery continues each week. Thanks to the hard work of professio...
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14 July 2020
Written question
Whether his Department has conducted an equalities impact assessment of the proposal to replace jury trials with trials by a judge and two magistrates to tackle the backlog in criminal cases as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-14/904705
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1224315
- uk · wq-1224315 · source updated 14 July 2020