WORKSOP AND RETFORD MAGISTRATES' COURTS

That this House welcomes the huge public and professional opposition to the ill-thought-out proposed closures of Worksop and Retford magistrates' courts; notes that if they go ahead the closures will leave people unable to attend court and return home on the same day from many villages where they are reliant on public transport; and further notes with great concern the predicted loss of most local magistrates thereby undermining an 800 year old English legal tradition.