Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 44110

Criminal Liability

Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland 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-Jones
There are no current plans for the Government to review the defence of automatism.