DebateGeneral CommitteeThursday, 16 April 202611:30

Courts and Tribunals Bill: Further to consider the Bill

Parliamentary debate

Parliament is continuing detailed examination of the Courts and Tribunals Bill in General Committee. This stage allows MPs to scrutinise and amend the Bill clause-by-clause before it returns to the full Commons. The Bill likely covers reforms to how courts and tribunal systems operate across England and Wales.

This affects the entire justice system and access to justice for citizens. Court and tribunal reforms impact criminal justice, civil disputes, employment claims, immigration hearings, and administrative law—touching nearly every sector and person who may need legal redress. Efficiency changes could affect case backlogs, legal costs, and public confidence in the justice system.

Crime & Policing Local Government Economy & Jobs (General)

MPs most likely to speak

Liz KendallLabour Party

Leicester West

Secretary of State for Science — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on crime, local-government, economy-jobs (152 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: supportive, labour-market: supportive, technology: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Dr Marie TidballLabour Party

Penistone and Stocksbridge

Prior Courts and Tribunals Bill engagement: 1 debate(s) (30pts); Spoken on crime, local-government, economy-jobs (158 times, 40pts); Known positions: crime: questioning, economy-jobs: questioning, economy-jobs: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Robert JenrickReform UK

Newark

Prior Courts and Tribunals Bill engagement: 1 debate(s) (30pts); Spoken on crime, local-government, economy-jobs (97 times, 40pts); Known positions: crime: opposed, crime: neutral, local-government: opposed (30pts)Voting record

Dan TomlinsonLabour Party

Chipping Barnet

Exchequer Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on crime, local-government, economy-jobs (208 times, 40pts); Known positions: fiscal-policy: supportive, economy-jobs: supportive, agriculture: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Liz Saville RobertsPlaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Prior Courts and Tribunals Bill engagement: 1 debate(s) (30pts); Spoken on crime, local-government, economy-jobs (319 times, 40pts); Known positions: crime: opposed, economy-jobs: opposed, crime: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Courts and Tribunals Bill: Further to consider the Bill

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