Question follow-through · 115613
Private Prosecutions: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well-resourced organisations to (a) target and (b) intimidate individuals associated with
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well-resourced organisations to (a) target and (b) intimidate individuals associated with
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
Any individual or organisation in England and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution where a criminal offence has been committed.The Government expects all organisations that bring private prosecutions to do so where there is sufficient eviden...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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