Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 44110
Criminal Liability
Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alicia Kearns
Conservative — Rutland and Stamford
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to review the use of automatism as a legal defence.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThere are no current plans for the Government to review the defence of automatism.