Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robert Buckland and Chris Stephens

Tuesday 14th September 2021 Commons Chamber

[Allan Dorans (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (SNP)]

15. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on upholding the rule of law.

[Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)]

17. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on upholding the rule of law.

[The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland)]

Naturally, I do not disclose the details of my private conversations with Cabinet colleagues, but they and everybody else should be in no doubt that I am, and will continue to be, a very active Lord Chancellor in supporting the rule of law. I use the authority of my office to advise, to warn and to encourage. I am absolutely committed, under the oath I took, to my constitutional duty to respect the rule of law.