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Justice secretary David Lammy was a no-show at urgent questions in the House of Commons on Thursday, prompting Robert Jenrick to ask about his whereabouts as the justice minister took his place.

The questions stem from a leaked memo reported on Tuesday , in which Lammy proposed scrapping some jury trials to tackle the backlog of cases, and only allowing jury trials for murder, rape or manslaughter cases.

Lammy’s proposal was prompted by Sir Brian Leveson’s first version of his ‘once in a generation‘ review of the criminal justice system, which included controversial changes, such as removing juries from serious and complex fraud cases.

However, the leaked memo caused outrage in the legal sector, with many of the legal b

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