Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 33
33
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 111
Livestreaming court proceedings offers significant potential to enhance open justice and public accessibility.
Conclusion
The power to allow the transmission of proceedings to designated livestreaming premises has great potential to enable more people to observe court proceedings and enhance open justice. If students were able to observe cases in classrooms and lecture halls, or if community centres could host livestreams of court proceedings, the accessibility of court proceedings would be greatly enhanced.
Government Response Summary
The government agrees the power exists through remote observation legislation but has not yet been used; they will explore the appetite for its use in a forthcoming call for evidence.
Paragraph Reference:
111
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
98. We agree. This is already possible via the remote observation enabling legislation but is yet to be used in practice.81 We will explore the appetite for this in the aforementioned call for evidence.