Alex Davies-Jones
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Sep 26, 2026
Jamie EastHOST
The aim is to tackle the backlog and delays in bringing sexual assault cases to court and encourage more people to report sexual crimes.
Jamie EastHOST
Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones said this is just one step in the process.
Alex Davies-JonesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This isn't just a one issue.
Alex Davies-JonesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've just passed the Sentencing Act, which is coming into force as well to try and get to grips with the criminal justice system.
Nick FerrariHOST
We're calling women up and down the land.
Nick FerrariHOST
Do you feel unsafe? Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones told me in the first hour of the show...
Alex Davies-JonesGUEST
Why is it that I felt the need to carry, to keep my keys in my hand last night when I'm walking home? Why is that responsibility mine to bear?
Nick FerrariHOST
Those stories and also why visitors to the Bayeux Tapestry are being told to get a shift on.
Jon BeaverCORRESPONDENT
At least one courtroom in every Crown Court will be dedicated to handling those cases as part of a broader attempt to tackle violence against women and girls.
Jon BeaverCORRESPONDENT
Alex Davies-Jones is the Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women.
Alex Davies-JonesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's really, really important because that ensures that we have the specialist measures available in those courtrooms, that where possible, these buildings will have separate entrances and exits for victims and survivors so they don't have to bump into the defendant.
Alex Davies-JonesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we're also working with the judiciary to stop what's known as floating trials.
Jamie EastHOST
The change has been welcomed by victims and the government says returning foreign prisoners and the ending of an indefinite sentence scheme would help ease the pressure on space.
Jamie EastHOST
But Alex Davies-Jones, the victim's minister, says there's still real reform needed.
Alex Davies-JonesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Currently, because of the prison capacity crisis, prisons aren't being able to do the valuable work that they could be doing on reducing re-offending because we haven't broken that cycle of the perpetrator going to prison, coming out, re-offending and going back in.
Jamie EastHOST
Tuesday saw Parliament back in session with a new man in charge as Andy Burnham took to the podium as PM for the first time.