Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make it his policy to review the adequacy of existing powers to stay assigned insolvency claims where a related investigation may produce evidence materially relevant to their determination.

The courts have broad case management powers under the Civil Procedure Rules, including the power to stay proceedings where appropriate. The Government keeps the operation of the civil justice system under review, however, decisions on the exercise of those powers in individual proceedings are a matter for the court. Neither the Department, nor the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, have any plans for a specific review focused on powers to stay proceedings.