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Tuesday 5 October 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to Dominic Raab’s speech to Conservative Party Conference

Thursday 30 September 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to the Crown Court backlog reaching a new record-high of 60,692 outstanding cases

Tuesday 28 September 2021 David Lammy

CONFERENCE SPEECH: David Lammy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

Wednesday 15 September 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to the appointment of Dominic Raab as Justice Secretary

Wednesday 8 September 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to Gavin Williamson’s confusion of Maro Itoje with Marcus Rashford

Thursday 19 August 2021 Crime / David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy comments on 32% fall in prosecutions

Monday 5 July 2021 David Lammy / Prisons

Prison numbers will hit a record high by 2026 – David Lammy responds

Thursday 24 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour responds to new statistics revealing victims of crime are facing a 43% spike in delays to justice

Tuesday 22 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to calls for reduced juries to help clear backlog

Sunday 20 June 2021 David Lammy

Labour demands clarity after Robert Buckland U-turn on rape targets

Thursday 10 June 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to the Conservatives voting against Labour’s amendment on whole life orders

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’

Wednesday 2 June 2021 David Lammy / Prisons

Prison safety at risk as 85 per cent of prison staff report ‘burn out’

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

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

Tuesday 20 April 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy comments on the verdict reached in the Derek Chauvin murder trial

Thursday 8 April 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits new record high

Monday 29 March 2021 David Lammy / Peter Kyle

Labour frontbench and PCC candidates write to Conservatives demanding they back Labour’s Victims’ Law

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

Wednesday 24 March 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to damning PAC report on Ministry of Justice failings

Thursday 18 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy comments on the Government’s response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law

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

Sunday 14 March 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy speaks ahead of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Sunday 14 March 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy: Labour will be voting against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

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

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

Wednesday 3 February 2021 David Lammy / Youth

Labour condemns ‘Dickensian conditions’ of youth prisons

Thursday 28 January 2021 David Lammy

‘National scandal’ that more than half of young people in custody are Black, Asian or ethnic minority

Friday 15 January 2021 David Lammy

Labour demands government release assessment of safety in courts as Law Society call for ‘pause’

Tuesday 12 January 2021 David Lammy / Prisons

Covid-19 infections in prisons ‘out of control’

Thursday 17 December 2020 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to news that Crown Court trials are down nearly 75%

Thursday 10 December 2020 David Lammy

Government’s rejection of pay uplift for Band 3 prison officers is an insult – David Lammy

Monday 7 December 2020 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to the announcement of the independent review into the Human Rights Act

Tuesday 24 November 2020 David Lammy

Domestic abuse victims turned away by clogged up justice system

Friday 13 November 2020 David Lammy

Total coronavirus cases in prisons more than double in just one month

Tuesday 10 November 2020 David Lammy

Government attack on lawyers undermines the rule of law – David Lammy

Friday 6 November 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy says further restrictions in prisons are because of “government failure”

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

Tuesday 20 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ annual report

Friday 9 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice

Labour warns against ‘complacency’ as coronavirus second spike hits prisons

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

Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to proposed sentencing law changes

Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responds to proposed sentencing law changes

Sunday 13 September 2020 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to reports that the government will abandon its commitment to human rights laws

Sunday 6 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to reports that Government lengthening time unconvicted defendants can spend in custody before trial

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

Friday 31 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to appointment of panel on reform of judicial review process

Thursday 30 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to record high for self-harm incidents in custody

Sunday 19 July 2020 Crime / David Lammy

The government clearly does not recognise the scale of the crisis in our justice system

Monday 13 July 2020 David Lammy / Home / Justice / Nick Thomas-Symonds