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Speaker, I don't pretend that cutting the court backlog is easy, although it will be quick.

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But the Secretary of State owes the country a plan and a timetable for when the backlog is actually going to fall.

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This morning, she was repeatedly asked but refused to give an answer.

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So can she tell the country now, when will the court backlog begin to fall?

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By what date does her department forecast it falling?

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And why will she not take up the 2,500 additional sitting days offered time and time again by the Lady Chief Justice?

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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."

0:51

Why is the Justice Secretary enshrining this double standard, this two-tier approach to sentencing?

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This is an inversion of the rule of law.

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We on this side of the House believe in equality under the law.

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Why doesn't she?

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