Ministerial role
Minister of State for Courts and Justice
Organisations:
Ministry of Justice
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for
- court reform
- courts and tribunals (including HMCTS and the Common Platform)
- Crown Court efficiency
- administrative justice
- legal aid (inc the LAA)
- better regulation and growth
- sustainability
- magistrates
- Crown dependencies
- out of court disposals
- criminal law and procedure
- criminal justice system reform
- British Bill of Rights, human rights (inc prisoner voting rights)
- EU and international business
- sponsorship of the Law Commission
- problem solving and specialist courts
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald KC MP
2016 to 2017