§ 30. Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the future of rural magistrates courts in Buckinghamshire. [121908]
§ Jane KennedyThe Government's policy is that magistrates courts in Buckinghamshire are best managed locally by Thames Valley Magistrates Courts Committee under the provisions of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997. Decisions concerning the future of magistrates courts in their area, whether rural or urban, are for that magistrates courts committee to determine.