Family Justice

: As I said, what is important is the ability to return to court if that is necessary for enforcement. The hon. Gentleman's point will be discussed further when the Bill returns to the House, as it involves the substance as opposed to the process, but I will give the Committee further information when we can see to what extent cases—the vast majority, I hope—operate within 10 working days. Two issues of delay have been mentioned. One is the London problem while the other is the question of insufficient judge days being available and not enough judges being appointed to the High Court. There is a particular problem in certain parts of inner London that besets many public services there. The question is whether we can take advantage of extra capacity, or at least of capacity that is available further away, to the extent that it is difficult to solve the recruitment and retention problems in inner London, and whether we are making best use of the capacity that is within travelling distance, perhaps just on the outskirts of London. There is also the question of using specialist family magistrates who have the capacity to deal with such cases. As I said, we are conducting pilots in London in which cases are moved to courts that have capacity.