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Criminal Liability

Asked by Alicia KearnsConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 8 April 2025UIN 44110

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to review the use of automatism as a legal defence.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

There are no current plans for the Government to review the defence of automatism.

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