Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of potential effect of changes to judicial review on Scots Law; and what consultation he has had with Scottish (a) political and (b) judicial representatives on that matter.

Only one of the judicial review measures in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill applies to Scotland: removal of the Cart route of judicial review. This protects certain decisions of the Upper Tribunal from judicial review where the case relates to a reserved matter and will not have an adverse impact on Scots Law.

In developing the policy, the previous Lord Chancellor was in contact with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government. Ministry of Justice Ministers and officials will continue to work with their counterparts in the devolved Governments.