Question follow-through · 63539
Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the timely ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, signed by the UK in May 2025; and what a
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the timely ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, signed by the UK in May 2025; and what a
3 Jul 2025
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3 Jul 2025
Answer published
I am delighted that the UK was an early signatory to the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, which was signed in Luxembourg on 14 May 2025. Throughout the Convention’s development, the Ministry of Justice worked cl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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