The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. We work to protect and advance the principles of justice. Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Oct. 08 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Oct. 08 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Jul. 24 | Urgent Questions | Feltham A Young Offenders Institution |
| Nov. 04 | Written Statements | Judicial Conduct Investigations Office: Annual Report |
| Oct. 08 | Westminster Hall | Procedure for Appointing Judges |
| May. 01 | Adjournment Debate | Children’s Funeral Fund |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill 2019-20 | 1st reading: House of Commons (no debate) | 15 Oct 2019, 10:14 a.m. | ||
| The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before Dissolution. This means the Bill will make no further progress. To require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim. | ||||
| Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL] 2019-20 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 15 October, 2019 | 30 Oct 2019, 9:17 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make in relation to marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL] 2019-19 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 15 October, 2019 | 30 Oct 2019, 9:17 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make in relation to marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill 2019-19 | 1st reading: House of Commons (no debate) | 15 Oct 2019, 10:14 a.m. | ||
| A has been called and Parliament is no longer sitting. The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before . This means the Bill will make no further progress. To require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim. | ||||
| Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2017-19 | Carry-over motion (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 5 September, 2019 | 9 Sep 2019, 3:56 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law | ||||
| Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill 2017-19 | Committee Debate: 2nd sitting: House of Commons 2 July, 2019 (1) (2) | 10 Sep 2019, 5:14 p.m. | ||
| The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to Make in relation to marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2017-19 to 2019-20 | Report stage (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 16 October, 2019 | 23 Oct 2019, 3:14 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law | ||||
| Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2017-19 to 2019-19 | Report stage (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 16 October, 2019 | 23 Oct 2019, 3:14 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law | ||||
| Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL] 2017-19 | Committee Debate: 1st sitting: House of Commons 23 July, 2019 (1) (2) | 26 Sep 2019, 3:15 p.m. | ||
| The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for online procedures in civil and family courts in England and Wales in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal and in employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal | ||||
| Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 20 December, 2018 | 21 Dec 2018, 10:51 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the judiciary and the functions of the staff of courts and tribunals | ||||
| Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 12 February, 2019 | 14 Feb 2019, 12:39 p.m. | ||
| To make certain acts of voyeurism an offence, and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Civil Liability Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceddings) 20 December, 2018 | 25 Sep 2019, 5:53 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about whiplash claims and the personal injury discount rate. | ||||
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
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167,506 Petition Closed |
Violet-Grace’s Law - Life sentences for Death by Dangerous Driving Gov Responded - 25 Feb 2019 Debated on - 8 Jul 2019 |
15 Aug 2019 closed 3 months, 4 weeks ago |
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The men who killed our daughter drove a stolen a car at 83 mph in a 30 mph zone. They killed our 4-year-old daughter Violet-Grace and severely injured her nan, who has life-changing injuries. They will serve less time in prison than Violet was alive. I don’t want other families to suffer like this. |
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115,723 Petition Closed |
People found with a knife to get 10 years and using a knife 25 years in prison. Gov Responded - 14 Mar 2019 Debated on - 25 Mar 2019 |
3 Jun 2019 closed 6 months, 1 week ago |
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People are scared of the amount of knife crime with apparently very little deterent to stop people carrying knifes. |
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| Date | Title | Type |
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| Dec. 05 | Civil Justice statistics quarterly: July to September 2019 | Statistics |
| Dec. 05 | Payment by Results statistics: October 2015 to December 2018 | Statistics |
| Nov. 28 | Race and the criminal justice system statistics 2018 | Statistics |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 5 Nov 2019, 5:07 p.m. | Ministry of Justice: Honours | Seema Malhotra |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50. Answer (Chris Philp) The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Ministry of Justice are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only. |
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