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<p>The Lord Chancellor is committed to his statutory duty under the Constitutional
Reform Act 2005 to defend judicial independence. An independent judiciary is one of
the cornerstones of the United Kingdom’s constitution and vital to the proper functioning
of our democracy based on the rule of law. Judges must be free to make their judicial
decisions without being subject to interference by Parliament or the executive.</p><p>The
Lord Chancellor is consistently clear on the importance of an independent judiciary
both privately and publicly including when answering questions about the importance
of parliamentarians respecting judicial independence to the House of Commons Justice
Committee in December 2020; and in his recent speeches at Queen Mary University in
March 2021 and at the Lord Mayor’s Dinner for HM Judges in July 2021.</p>
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