Courts and Tribunals Bill
21 April 2026
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Courts and Tribunals Bill House of Commons
00:04 - 00:15
Speaker 1
We continue with group 10 and the question of course three stand part of the bill, with which it will be considered course twenty ninth, which I understand has been discussed. We restart with Tristan Osborne. Thank
00:15 - 02:14
Speaker 2
you very much. And, I will be brief in terms of my contributions. I know other colleagues have said, a lot, this morning. I actually also believe that this clause three is extremely pragmatic and proportionate to the challenges we face. And as sir Brian made clear in his oral testimony, it is necessary because not financial investment and efficiency measures alone, whilst essential and no one here disagrees are insufficient to bring down the backlog.
And so we all know that structural reform is absolutely critical if we are to see a meaningful reduction in the backlog. It also comes with context as well because we know that the backlogs have more than doubled since 2019. And despite some quarterly variations which I know have been mentioned, we see that annually the increases are increasing. And on the current trajectory, we are now entering unparalleled territory with material and real consequences on the victims of crime. And this was all predicted in the last parliament and it was modeled in the last parliament and it has since come to pass.
A 130,000 cases by 2030 and two hundred thousand cases by 2035 is the current trajectory of travel. And whilst some may acknowledge that these that we have had decisions that have led to this position, it requires government to step in and deal with the consequences of those potential outcomes. And we need to have policy that has been correctly, attributed in the bill to reducing those caseloads meaningfully, and we need that today. And we have clear evidence from the testimony in the oral hearings for many of the witnesses that cases are taking sometimes 80% longer compared to 2019 due to the complexities of cases, due to the evidence required, and due to the digital analysis is required in many cases as well. And 21,000 cases are currently have been open for a year or longer.
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