Written Question·Home Office·UIN 119825

Legal Systems: Islam

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales of February 2018, if she will take steps to conduct an assessment into

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales was published under the 2016 to 2018 May Conservative government.The Government is clear: Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales. Regardless of religious belief, w...

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