Question follow-through · 116962
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be reclassified by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be reclassified by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Courts and Tribunals Bill does not reclassify offences - it changes allocation and mode of trial arrangements within the existing classification framework.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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