Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 23995

Legal Systems: Islam

Tabled: 14 January 2025

Answered: 22 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to close all Sharia courts in the UK.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 18 December to Question 18879: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-10/18879.Sharia Councils are not part of the judicial system.