Parliamentary Activity

Right to trial by jury

This House notes the findings from the Lammy Review of 2018 that shows that Black and Chinese women are found guilty at much higher rates than White women by magistrates, but not by juries; further notes the 2022 Racial Bias and the Bench report, which finds institutional racism amongst the judiciary; further notes the lack of evidence base to support a correlation between jury trials and backlogs in courts; also notes the letter by 100 lawyers to the Secretary of State for Justice that says ...