Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will permit the West Sussex Coroner to hold inquests, without the final accident report, of the eight British victims of the Boeing 737 MAX ET302 air crash of 10 March 2019.

I would like to offer my sincere condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the Ethiopian Airlines air crash on 10 March 2019.

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for coroner law and policy. Coroners are independent judicial office holders and the way in which they conduct their investigations and inquests, including the evidence which is considered, is a matter solely for them to determine in accordance with the principle of judicial independence which applies to all courts and tribunals.