Constitution Committee

10 juin 2026

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The Chair opens the annual evidence session and the Lady Chief Justice sets out the scale and permanence of the judiciary, major reforms, and mounting caseload pressures across jurisdictions, including data on backlogs and an outline of how AI is cautiously being used to support court efficiency without replacing judicial decision‑making.

Committee mer. 10 juin 2026 House of Lords

00:03 - 00:42

Intervenant 1

Welcome to this meeting of the House of Lords Constitution Committee. Today we are holding our annual evidence session with the Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. So thank you very much indeed for coming along and a warm welcome to you. I gather that you've got one or two opening words that you would like to make which would be helpful for the rest of our discussion. And we'd very much welcome you for saying what you've got to say and then we'll perhaps start off on the wider discussion and questions that the committee would like to put to you.

00:44 - 00:44

Thank you.

00:44 - 01:28

Intervenant 2

Well, thank you very much indeed, Chair. I'm here fresh from the London Legal Walk last night, where I managed 10 kilometers on a hot, sunny London evening. But I'm delighted to say we've, I think, we've raised almost a million pounds for legal advice charities. So, it was a good warm-up for, for this morning. It is indeed a great pleasure to be here in what are serious times.

And I hope that I will be able during the course of this session to provide some reassurance in those areas where our responsibilities are shared. I know that you heard very recently from Lord Reed and Lord Sales. They gave evidence back in April, I think. And watching them caused me to reflect on how different our respective worlds are.

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