Asked by: Julian Smith (Conservative - Skipton and Ripon)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using mediation in disputes in which the Government is a party in a (a) private and (b) public law capacity.
Answered by Lucy Rigby - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Government conducts litigation in accordance with the relevant court rules and considers the individual circumstances of a dispute before deciding on an appropriate course of action, which may include mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.