Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the Lord Chancellor intends to take, in relation to public attacks on the judiciary following the judgment of the High Court of Justice on 3 November, to uphold the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.

The Lord Chancellor has made clear in a number of statements that she considers an independent judiciary to be the cornerstone of the rule of law, and that it is her duty to defend that independence.