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.
Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
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
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
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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| Jul. 14 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 24 | Urgent Questions | Feltham A Young Offenders Institution |
| Mar. 18 | Westminster Hall | Prison Staff: Health and Safety |
| Sep. 11 | Adjournment Debate | Child Cruelty Offences: Sentencing |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 25 June, 2020 | 29 Jun 2020, 12:59 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 | ||||
| Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 26 February, 2020 | 3 Mar 2020, 3:50 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the release on licence of offenders convicted of terrorist offences or offences with a terrorist connection; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 June, 2020 | 24 Jun 2020, 5:39 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 | ||||
| Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill 2019-21 | 3rd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 8 September, 2020 | 9 Sep 2020, 11:03 a.m. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL] 2019-21 | 2nd reading: House of Commons 2 September, 2020 | 3 Sep 2020, 11 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to implement the Hague Conventions of 1996, 2005 and 2007 and to provide for the implementation of other international agreements on private international law. | ||||
| Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21 | 1st reading: House of Commons (no debate) |
2nd reading: House of Commons 30 Sep 2020 |
17 Sep 2020, 12:47 p.m. | |
| A Bill to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing. | ||||
| Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 22 July, 2020 |
2nd reading: House of Lords 21 Sep 2020 |
17 Sep 2020, 1:14 p.m. | |
| A Bill to make provision about the sentencing of offenders convicted of terrorism offences, of offences with a terrorist connection or of certain other offences; to make other provision in relation to terrorism; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Published 8 Jun 2020, 4:23 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Section 75 – Designation of Public Authority) Order 2020 | |
| This Order designates the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (the “IMA”) for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47). | |||
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Published 12 Feb 2020, 2:21 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2020 | |
| Section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c.30) (the “Act”) provides for a fixed sum of bereavement damages to be awarded to a limited category of persons in the event of a fatal accident caused by wrongful act, neglect or default. | |||
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Published 20 Jan 2020, 2:09 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Judicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 | |
| The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182) (“the 2015 Regulations”) and the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522) make provision for the contributions payable by members of both schemes constituted by those Regulations. | |||
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Published 15 Oct 2019, 3:57 p.m. |
Ministry of Justice | The Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2019 | |
| This Order amends the Human Rights Act 1998 (“HRA”) to address a finding of the European Court of Human Rights of a breach of Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“Convention”) in the case of Hammerton v United Kingdom (Application no. 6287/10). | |||
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Laid 16 Sep 2020 In Force 29 Sep 2020 |
Ministry of Justice | Taking Control of Goods (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| Explanatory text not available | |||
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Laid 10 Sep 2020 In Force Not stated |
Ministry of Justice | Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made affirmative procedure |
| Explanatory text not available | |||
| 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 1 year, 1 month 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 1 year, 3 months 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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Ministry of Justice Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Sep. 17 | New action plan to boost judicial diversity | News and Communications |
| Sep. 17 | Diversity of the judiciary: 2020 statistics | Statistics |
| Sep. 16 | Gartree Prison | Guidance and Regulation |
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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| 16 Sep 2020, 4:18 p.m. | Prisons: Hygiene | Ms Lyn Brown |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations her Department has received on (a) delays and (b) inadequacies in the delivery of clean prison kit from HMPPS stores. Answer (Lucy Frazer) No recorded delays or inadequacies have been recorded recently with the supply of clothing and/or equipment from the HM Prison and Probation stores at Branston. |
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