HC Deb 18 April 2000 vol 348 c471W
44. Mr. Bercow

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what assessment he has made of the impact of proposed reforms of trial by jury on the operation of magistrates courts. [118170]

Jane Kennedy

We estimate that there will be an additional 12,000 cases to be handled in the magistrates courts as a result of the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) No. 2 Bill.

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