Family Justice

: I am grateful for the Minister's kind comments. It is worth adding to the list of reasons why the Select Committee process is helpful: thanks to the undertaking we worked out with the previous Lord Chief Justice, the judges are very happy to come to the ordered atmosphere of the Committee and give us the real benefit of their experience so that Parliament can hear what judges from the High Court to the magistrates court, experienced in dealing with such matters, have to say. We find that hugely beneficial.