Question follow-through · 97640
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing juries from trials on an individual’s right to a free and fair trial.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing juries from trials on an individual’s right to a free and fair trial.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2025
Answer published
The removal of the defendants’ right to elect is compatible with Article 6 of the ECHR. Whilst jury trial will remain an important feature of the criminal justice system following these reforms, it is important to recognise that there is no constitutional...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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