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  Judicial Review and Courts Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a series of measures intended to streamline and modernise elements of the justice system.
  @ MP voted no against a series of measures intended to streamline and modernise elements of the justice system.
  
  The majority of MPs voted for a series of measures intended to streamline and modernise elements of the justice system.
  
  MPs were considering the Judicial Review and Courts Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time.
  
  Support for the motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law. 
  
  The Bill provided for:
  
  * * Changes to the Judicial Review rules, including introducing a suspended quashing order as a possible outcome, giving Parliament, or public bodies, time to respond to a decision and removing the ability to seek a judicial review of a decision by the Upper Tribunal on if to allow an appeal from the First-tier Tribunal. 
  * * For certain individuals who plead guilty to be dealt with "online without the involvement of the court [or magistrate]" if the defendant agrees.
  * * To remove the need for a plea hearing in the magistrates' court in certain types of case, enabling the plea to be submitted in writing or online. 
  * * The establishment of an Online Procedure Rule Committee to propose the rules for when, and how, court cases may be  initiated, conducted, progressed, participated-in or disposed of by electronic means.
  * * "To allow virtual hearings in coronersâ courts"
  * * "To allow a coroner to discontinue an investigation where the cause of death is natural causes, without a post-mortem examination"
  * * "To allow inquests to proceed without a hearing in non-contentious cases"
  * * To revoke provisions which currently place duties on the Corporation of London to provide county and magistrates court capacity at the current locations. 
  
   
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3035 Parliament's webpage on the Judicial Review and Courts Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0152/210152.pdf Judicial Review and Courts Bill as introduced on 21 July 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0152/en/210152enlfav.pdf Explanatory notes to the Judicial Review and Courts Bill as introduced on 21 July 2021], Parliament.uk
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