Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer — Written Question

Question

Andy Slaughter

Labour — Hammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the timely ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, signed by the UK in May 2025; and what a

Answer

Sarah Sackman

I am delighted that the UK was an early signatory to the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, which was signed in Luxembourg on 14 May 2025. Throughout the Convention’s development, the Ministry of Justice worked cl...

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