Wendy Morton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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JuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his proposed changes to the right to a jury trial on the rule of law.
Answer: The Government will publish a full impact assessment of our proposed justice reforms in the usual way with bill introduction. That will include an assessment of the impact of the proposed changes in the threshold for who can access a jury trial. Currently...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: MaladministrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent mistaken prisoner releases.
Answer: Releases in error are never acceptable, and we are bearing down on those errors that do occur. Following the release in error of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford, we took immediate steps to make the processes that take place when a prisoner is released m...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordJuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Criminal Court Reform, published on 2 December 2025, HCWS1123, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the option for defendant
Answer: The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard and too many victims waiting years for justice. One of the first priorities of this Government has been to tack...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Criminal Court Reform, published on 2 December 2025, HCWS1123, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding judge-only trials to a wider class
Answer: The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard and too many victims waiting years for justice. One of the first priorities of this Government has been to tack...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
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