Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure was for (a) public and (b) press access to the extradition hearing for Julian Assange; and if he will make a statement.

This was an open hearing, accessible to both the press and public.

Extra chairs were laid out to accommodate as many people as possible in the court room. As is usual in high-profile cases, a ticketing system was in place to allocate seats to the media.

There were, however, more people wishing to observe the hearing than there were seats available, meaning that not everyone could be accommodated on this occasion.