Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Mak Excerpts
Tuesday 1st November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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As I have said, the Home Office is leading on criminal justice matters. We are working very closely with the Home Office, and we want to preserve those beneficial policies where we can deal with criminal and civil justice matters, so that we can make sure that we have the best possible legal services in the world.

Alan Mak Portrait Mr Alan Mak (Havant) (Con)
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English law—particularly English commercial law—is respected around the world for its quality. Will the Secretary of State confirm that her Department will use Brexit as an opportunity to spread its use around the world, working with our international law firms?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I completely agree with my hon. Friend, who has a background in commercial law in one of the top City firms. I had a roundtable with the magic circle and the silver circle to talk about how we can promote those legal areas, as well as all the practices right through the UK, including those practising in Scots law. We have a big opportunity to promote this more widely, and we are using the GREAT campaign as a vehicle to do that.