Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on floating and warned listing arrangements in criminal courts.

Listing is a judicial function administered by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) on judicial direction. Views on listing practices including the use of floating and warned lists are raised with Ministers and officials in the course of regular engagement with legal practitioners, their representative bodies, and representatives of public users of courts and tribunals. Most recently, floating and warned lists were raised in a meeting with legal practitioners, attended by the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, which discussed court users’ experiences and the future administration of judicial listing decisions.