Prisoners on Remand: Remote Hearings
(asked on 2nd February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of moving to video remand hearings on the take-up of legal representation by defendants appearing in those hearings.
This question was answered on 8th February 2021
The MoJ and HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) are evaluating HMCTS Reform to understand what effects the programme has had. Research will be commissioned as part of these evaluations. This will include research on Video Remand Hearings.