Question follow-through · 97732
Juries: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to remove jury trials for offences other than the most serious crimes on defendants’ rights.
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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 proposals to remove jury trials for offences other than the most serious crimes on defendants’ rights.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2025
Answer published
Whilst the jury trial will remain an important feature of the criminal justice system following reforms, it is important to recognise that there is no constitutional right to a jury trial. The removal of the defendants’ right to elect or right to insist o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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