May 2026

Parliamentary appearance by Sarah Bool

Dan Tomlinson voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by James Wild

Tim Roca voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Harpreet Uppal voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by Sarah Dyke

Leigh Ingham voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by Christine Jardine

Parliamentary appearance by Laura Kyrke-Smith

Catherine Fookes voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

6. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to jury trials on the criminal justice system.

On the Secretary of State’s watch, the courts backlog has reached record levels, yet his answer is to weaken one of the oldest rights in our justice system: trial by jury. The backlog was not caused by juries and it will not be solved by scrapping juries. The Bar Council says there is very little evidence for the Government’s approach, while the Institute for Government estimates that it would save at most about 2% of court time, and even that may be generous. Why will the Government not drop th

Paulette Hamilton voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Tony Vaughan voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Steve Race voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Johanna Baxter voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Ian Lavery voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Mark Ferguson voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Hon. Members fairly hold strong views on these reforms. It is notable that, in Scotland, the right to elect between solemn and summary procedure for certain offences does not sit with the accused but with the procurator fiscal, but the people of Scotland are listening to this salient debate. Does the Secretary of State agree that we must conduct the debate on the Government’s reforms without feeding the increasingly malignant narratives of certain groups who are seeking to undermine public confi

Cat Eccles voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)