Question follow-through · 27389
Solicitors: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the interface between the police and approved legal regulators in cases where each declines to investigate an allegation of document fraud by reference t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the interface between the police and approved legal regulators in cases where each declines to investigate an allegation of document fraud by reference t
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The police are operationally independent of Government, and legal services regulators exercise their regulatory functions independently of Government. Decisions on whether to investigate suspected criminal offences are operational matters for the police, ...
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