Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Organisations:
Ministry of Justice
Responsibilities
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State leads on the following:
- Family law and justice
- Domestic abuse and violence (Ministry of Justice lead)
- Youth justice
- Legal aid
- Legal support
- Victims
- Mental capacity and the Office of the Public Guardian
- Race disparity in the justice system
- Coroners, burials, inquests and inquiries
- Miscarriages of justice
- Lawfare
- Parliamentary Minister (scrutinising SIs)
Previous holders of this role
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Wendy Morton MP
2019 to 2020