Deputy PM urged to apologise to 'women denied justice'published at 12:17 British Summer Time 29 March 2023
Rayner's up again. She says that on Raab's watch, rape survivors are waiting more than three years for their cases to come to court.
In that context, a ten-week reduction is "not anything to boast about," she tells the Commons.
Is it any wonder that from April to September last year, 175 trials for serious sexual assault had to be dropped because the victim could not cope with the delay, she asks.
She adds: "When will he apologise to all the women denied justice because of his failure to sort out the court backlog?"