Member

First, we know from work that has been undertaken for several years on the provision of interpreters and translators in courts and tribunals that public service interpreters do a highly skilled job, often in difficult and possibly life-changing circumstances for the person concerned. A thorough independent review commissioned by the MoJ in 2022 as a result of discussions I had with the then Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, has resulted in welcome changes and clarifications in the MoJ’s expectations and requirements for the levels of qualification and experience that must be held by interpreters in our courts.