Question follow-through · 116452
Judges: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency in the appointment of judges.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency in the appointment of judges.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Lord Chancellor is committed to transparent and merit-based selection processes that maintain the quality of our judiciary. I refer the hon. Member for Wrekin, Mark Pritchard to the answer I gave on 1 May 2025 to Question 47182 (https://questions-stat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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