Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 15 January 2018Answered: 23 January 2018

Asked by

Martin Vickers

ConservativeBrigg and Immingham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

This is a really important issue, and Labour in Scotland has been clear that it would separate that role. That is the right thing to do, for the reasons that have just been articulated; it is the obvious thing to do, and obviously it is what we do in England and Wales. There have been calls for a review of this issue since 2021, but the SNP has not acted fast on those calls. It really does need to bring forward proposals now to deal with this problem, which has been sitting there for a very long time.