{"value":{"id":1234946,"askingMemberId":2168,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-30T00:00:00","uin":"HL8195","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable Crown Court proceedings to be viewed remotely from outside the court estate.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4553,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-09-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Open justice is a fundamental principle in our courts and tribunals system and will continue to be so as we increase the use of audio and video technology.</p><p>Since the introduction of the Coronavirus Act, any hearing participant or member of the public may, with the permission of the judge, join a hearing remotely from outside the court estate, using an internet enabled device to access the Cloud Video Platform.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Crown Court: Video Conferencing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1234946","method":"GET"}]}