The fight to stop the closure of Ammanford Magistrates court continued this week as the areas local MP Jonathan Edwards took up the issue in a Westminster debate on the proposals. The Plaid MP, who has been fighting the plans since they were announced by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition, took the opportunity to detail the strength of opposition locally and the strong case against closing the facility.
Jonathan Edwards MP said:
“I have spoke to many people associated with the court, including local solicitors and people I the local community who are unanimously opposed to these cuts. There is little doubt in my mind that shutting this court will severe the link between justice and the local communities in which it is administrated. There are also some serious concerns about the practicality of the proposals which will leave people financially and physically unable to make court appointments.
Clearly these decisions have been made on purely financial considerations with absolutely no local knowledge of the impact this closure will have.
