United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76849
Juries: Hearing Impairment
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12 September 2025
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22 September 2025 · Answer
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22 September 2025
Summary
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.
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12 September 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
22 September 2025
Answer
The 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-12/76849
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1834768
- uk · wq-1834768 · source updated 22 September 2025