United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 72467
Judges: Public Appointments
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29 August 2025
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4 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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29 August 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
4 September 2025
Answer
The 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/72467
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1829224
- uk · wq-1829224 · source updated 4 September 2025