<p>Court Closures </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 18 January 2017.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 1:39, 18 January 2017

In my constituency of Neath, we’ve now lost the magistrates’ court and the county court. In the case of the magistrates’ court, that involves people travelling to Swansea. A population of 140,000, previously served by that court, which is about the size of the city of Cambridge, no longer has local provision. I have constituents who have missed court opportunities by trying to combine medical visits with being at court and relying on a bus service. So, there are very profound social justice implications, as the Counsel General has indicated. What response has he had to those concerns around social justice when he’s raised these representations with the UK Government?