Courts and Tribunals Bill
16 April 2026
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Courts and Tribunals Bill House of Commons
00:03 - 00:19
Speaker 1
Order. Okay. We're continuing with group three and amendment 23 to clause three with which we're considering amendments thirty nine and twenty four. The question is that the amendment be made. I call Rebecca Paul.
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00:20 - 01:22
Speaker 2
you. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship today. I speak today in support of amendments 23, 39, and 24. Taken together, these amendments do something very simple but very important. They build a measure of flexibility back into clause three so that jury trial is still available where the cause of justice itself requires it.
The minister should think carefully here. As drafted, clause three creates a very blunt regime. Unless the court predicts a sentence of more than three years the trial is to be conducted without a jury. These amendments would go a small way towards softening that rigidity and making the system less arbitrary, more proportionate and hence more just. We have two different approaches taken by two different committee members in these amendments to delivering the same outcome of additional flexibility within clause three.
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