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Focus of the Day Article:
Without targets, diversity among judiciary will be slow The judiciary would be more diverse if the old secret soundings system operated, barrister and MP David Lammy has said. Lammy made the remarks while giving evidence this week to the Justice Committee on progress made following his 2017 review into the treatment of BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people in the criminal justice system.
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