Tuesday 22 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to calls for reduced juries to help clear backlog Continue Reading
Sunday 20 June 2021 David Lammy Labour demands clarity after Robert Buckland U-turn on rape targets Continue Reading
Thursday 10 June 2021 David Lammy David Lammy responds to the Conservatives voting against Labour’s amendment on whole life orders Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to Conservative decision to abstain on Opposition Day Debate on ‘Protecting the public and ensuring justice for victims’ Continue Reading
Wednesday 2 June 2021 David Lammy / Prisons Prison safety at risk as 85 per cent of prison staff report ‘burn out’ Continue Reading
Thursday 20 May 2021 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to reports that the Judicial Support Network has referred the Judicial Appointments Commission to the EHRC Continue Reading
Sunday 16 May 2021 David Lammy / Jess Phillips / Justice / Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour publishes Green Paper as Tories fall short on ending violence against women and girls Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 April 2021 David Lammy David Lammy comments on the verdict reached in the Derek Chauvin murder trial Continue Reading
Thursday 8 April 2021 David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits new record high Continue Reading
Monday 29 March 2021 David Lammy / Peter Kyle Labour frontbench and PCC candidates write to Conservatives demanding they back Labour’s Victims’ Law Continue Reading
Monday 29 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for emergency action as Crown Court delays spike while robbery, theft, criminal damage and arson, drug offences and fraud convictions hit a 10-year low Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 March 2021 David Lammy David Lammy responds to damning PAC report on Ministry of Justice failings Continue Reading
Thursday 18 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy comments on the Government’s response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice Labour reveals catalogue of rapists who got less time in prison than the Government’s proposed maximum sentence for damaging statues Continue Reading
Sunday 14 March 2021 David Lammy David Lammy speaks ahead of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Continue Reading
Sunday 14 March 2021 David Lammy David Lammy: Labour will be voting against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice Justice system in crisis as the number of defendants prosecuted falls by 25% and the proportion of defendants on remand at 5-year high Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits an ‘all-time record’ of 56,000 cases Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 February 2021 David Lammy / Youth Labour condemns ‘Dickensian conditions’ of youth prisons Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 David Lammy ‘National scandal’ that more than half of young people in custody are Black, Asian or ethnic minority Continue Reading
Friday 15 January 2021 David Lammy Labour demands government release assessment of safety in courts as Law Society call for ‘pause’ Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 January 2021 David Lammy / Prisons Covid-19 infections in prisons ‘out of control’ Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 David Lammy David Lammy responds to news that Crown Court trials are down nearly 75% Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 David Lammy Government’s rejection of pay uplift for Band 3 prison officers is an insult – David Lammy Continue Reading
Monday 7 December 2020 David Lammy David Lammy responds to the announcement of the independent review into the Human Rights Act Continue Reading
Tuesday 24 November 2020 David Lammy Domestic abuse victims turned away by clogged up justice system Continue Reading
Friday 13 November 2020 David Lammy Total coronavirus cases in prisons more than double in just one month Continue Reading
Tuesday 10 November 2020 David Lammy Government attack on lawyers undermines the rule of law – David Lammy Continue Reading
Friday 6 November 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy says further restrictions in prisons are because of “government failure” Continue Reading
Tuesday 27 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice / Youth David Lammy responds to UN special rapporteur on torture’s assessment of UK Government’s policy on detained children Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ annual report Continue Reading
Friday 9 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice Labour warns against ‘complacency’ as coronavirus second spike hits prisons Continue Reading
Tuesday 6 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to the news that G4S has been awarded the contract to run the new prison at Wellingborough Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to proposed sentencing law changes Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responds to proposed sentencing law changes Continue Reading
Sunday 13 September 2020 David Lammy David Lammy responds to reports that the government will abandon its commitment to human rights laws Continue Reading
Sunday 6 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to reports that Government lengthening time unconvicted defendants can spend in custody before trial Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Coronavirus / David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for action to tackle courts backlog as landmark ruling paves way for release of dangerous criminals Continue Reading
Friday 31 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to appointment of panel on reform of judicial review process Continue Reading
Thursday 30 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to record high for self-harm incidents in custody Continue Reading
Sunday 19 July 2020 Crime / David Lammy The government clearly does not recognise the scale of the crisis in our justice system Continue Reading
Monday 13 July 2020 David Lammy / Home / Justice / Nick Thomas-Symonds Response to consultation on doubling maximum sentence for assaulting emergency workers Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 David Lammy Probation should never have been used as vehicle for private profit – Lammy Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 David Lammy Gov’t should apologise for ‘five years of failed privatisation’ – Lammy on probation reforms Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 May 2020 David Lammy / Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour responds to proposed changes to sentencing for terror offenders Continue Reading
Monday 18 May 2020 David Lammy / Justice Prisons facing unprecedented challenges during covid-19 pandemic – David Lammy Continue Reading
Monday 11 May 2020 David Lammy / Justice David Lammy responds to news that jury trials will resume from next week Continue Reading
Friday 1 May 2020 David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for ‘emergency action plan’ for courts and the judiciary in response to Covid-19 crisis Continue Reading
Tuesday 28 April 2020 David Lammy / Prisons We need mass testing, contact tracing, shielding and PPE in prisons to make sure the virus does not spread out of control – David Lammy responds to PHE report on Continue Reading