Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 72467
Judges: Public Appointments
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Judicial Appointments Commission fulfils its statutory duty to (a) appoint solely on merit (b) avoid discrimination in the appointing of judges.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is independent from government. It has a statutory duty under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to select candidates solely on merit, to select only people of good character, and to have regard to the need to en...
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