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Written Question
Equality
Monday 21st October 2024

Asked by: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bar Standards Board 'Consultation on the Proposed Amendments to the Equality Rules', published on 3 September, proposing creating a duty on all barristers to promote equality, diversity and inclusion when practising or otherwise providing legal services; and of the effect on the Government Legal Service.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

The Government has not made any assessment of the Bar Standards Board consultation paper published on 3 September; and the effect on the Government Legal Service. The legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government. Statutory responsibility for encouraging a diverse legal profession sits with the approved regulators, overseen by the oversight regulator, the Legal Services Board.