Speaker, I don't pretend that cutting the court backlog is easy, although it will be quick.
But the Secretary of State owes the country a plan and a timetable for when the backlog is actually going to fall.
This morning, she was repeatedly asked but refused to give an answer.
So can she tell the country now, when will the court backlog begin to fall?
By what date does her department forecast it falling?
And why will she not take up the 2,500 additional sitting days offered time and time again by the Lady Chief Justice?
And lastly, turning to the new sentencing guidelines that's been published alongside this statement, which will make a custodial sentence less likely for, and I quote, "ethnic minorities, cultural minorities, and faith minority communities."
Why is the Justice Secretary enshrining this double standard, this two-tier approach to sentencing?
This is an inversion of the rule of law.
We on this side of the House believe in equality under the law.
Why doesn't she?
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