Criminal Liability

(asked on 19th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to reform the use of automatism as a legal defence.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 27th May 2022

The Government has no current plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to this defence but it will be kept under review.

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