MPs have approved government proposals, made under the Crime and Courts Act 2013, to allow live television broadcasting in the Court of Appeal.
The proposals will now be debated by the House of Lords before taking effect next month. Cameras will be allowed into both the civil and criminal appeal court for the legal arguments and the final judgment. The government then intends to extend this to allow the broadcast of sentencing remarks in the Crown courts.
Filming of victims, witnesses, defendants and jurors will not be allowed.
Courts Minister Helen Grant said: “We are opening up the court process to allow people to see and hear the judges’ decisions in their own words.”
Proceedings in the Supreme Court are already streamed live on the internet.
