00:00تقام RTE oggi يемторов girls hear about 90%
00:03of criminal cases
00:04in fact, only 3%
00:07of trial cases in England and Wales
00:09will ever go before a jury
00:11and almost three quarters of all trials
00:13going to the Crown Court
00:15will continue to be heard
00:16by them
00:17under our changes
00:18First I will create new swift courts
00:20within the Crown Court
00:22with a judge alone
00:23deciding verdicts in tribal
00:26either way cases
00:27with a likely sentence of three years or less.
00:32Sir Brian estimates that they will deliver justice
00:34at least 20% faster than jury trials.
00:38Today I can announce up to £34 million per year
00:42in additional funding for criminal legal aid advocates.
00:47Alongside these changes,
00:48we will increase magistrates' court sentencing powers to 18 months
00:52so they can take a greater proportion of lower-level offending
00:56and relieve pressure on the Crown Court.
00:59We are pulling every possible lever to move in a positive direction
01:04and my ambition for the backlog to start coming down
01:07by the end of this Parliament remains
01:09and I commend this statement to the House.
