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Written Question
Barristers: Public Appointments
Tuesday 26th May 2020

Asked by: Baroness Goudie (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review whether fees should be paid for QC appointments; and if so, how much they should be.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

The Government has no current plans to review the QC appointments competition and make this a Government function. The fees for both QC applications and QC appointments are set by Queens’ Counsel Appointments Ltd, and are therefore a matter for QCA.

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