Question follow-through · 30545
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the independence of the courts from external influence from (a) UN bodies and (b) non-governmental organisations when enacting immigration law.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the independence of the courts from external influence from (a) UN bodies and (b) non-governmental organisations when enacting immigration law.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
As the Prime Minister has said, it is Parliament that enacts the law on immigration, and it is Government that makes the policy (Official Report, column 249). It is an enduring strength of our democracy that when judges apply the law, they decide cases im...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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