Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 76849
Juries: Hearing Impairment
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department monitors compliance with the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 placed the right to British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting in the jury deliberation room on a statutory footing (now section 9C of the Juries Act 1974). The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring t...
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