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1146758

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Supreme Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the President of the Supreme Court.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	291537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>As is customary, the Lord Chancellor had an introductory meeting with the President of the Supreme Court soon after his appointment, and as is usually the case, will meet the President several times throughout the year. Departmental officials also regularly meet Supreme Court officials.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/10/2019 16:12:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1146759

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the guidance issued to Ministers on relations with the judiciary.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	291538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Section 3(1) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 requires that all Ministers of the Crown must uphold the continued independence of the judiciary. Paragraph 16 of the introduction and Chapter 6 of the Cabinet Manual make clear that the judiciary is independent of both the government of the day and Parliament. All ministers have access to legal advice in relation to their statutory duties, including advice where appropriate from Law Officers.</p><p>The Lord Chancellor has taken an Oath to respect the rule of law and defend the independence of the judiciary, which means that if required he will remind Ministerial colleagues of the importance of judicial independence and the rule of law. I am confident that my Ministerial colleagues understand their duties in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/10/2019 14:37:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1146504

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reform the process for making judicial appointments, including to the Supreme Court.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	291430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to alter the process for making judicial appointments. Our judges are selected following a rigorous, independent, merit based process which is key to maintaining the quality, integrity and independence of our world class judiciary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 291431 question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1146505

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on politically appointed judges.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	291431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to alter the process for making judicial appointments. Our judges are selected following a rigorous, independent, merit based process which is key to maintaining the quality, integrity and independence of our world class judiciary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 291430 question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1146665

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the Queen's Speech 2017 to introduce an independent public advocate who will (a) act for bereaved families after a public disaster and (b) support those families at public inquests; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing all it can to support bereaved families after a public disaster and to ensure those families are supported during public inquests.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to consider the responses to the proposals for an Independent Public Advocate on which we consulted last year and will be publishing our plans for establishing the role in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/10/2019 10:08:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle