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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any formal guidance is currently issued to civil servants about sharia courts, sharia councils, or sharia tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any formal guidance is currently issued to civil servants about sharia courts, sharia councils, or sharia tribunals.
Sharia courts, sharia councils, or sharia tribunals do not form any part of the justice system in England and Wales.
The Ministry of Justice currently does not issue any formal guidance to civil servants about them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has provided funding to sharia councils in the past 2 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has provided funding to sharia councils in the past 2 years.
Sharia councils do not form any part of the justice system in England and Wales. The Ministry of Justice has not provided any funding to sharia councils in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are sharia councils in (a) England and (b) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are sharia councils in (a) England and (b) Wales.
There are no Sharia Courts in England or Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provided funding to sharia councils in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provided funding to sharia councils in the last 12 months.
The Department has not provided funding to sharia councils in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia councils or tribunals in England and Wales in the past year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia councils or tribunals in England and Wales in the past year.
There are no Sharia Councils or tribunals operated by the Government in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia courts in England and Wales in the past year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia courts in England and Wales in the past year.
There are no Sharia courts in the UK.
This briefing outlines the concept of the rights of rivers, and explores the implications of affording such rights through a series of case study examples. It also sets out developments in England, as well as stakeholder and Parliamentary commentary.
This briefing outlines the concept of the rights of rivers, and explores the implications of affording such rights through a series of case study examples. It also sets out developments in England, as well as stakeholder and Parliamentary commentary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the number of (a) Sharia councils and (b) people associated with roles on Sharia councils have been convicted of offences under the Equality Act 2010 in the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the number of (a) Sharia councils and (b) people associated with roles on Sharia councils have been convicted of offences under the Equality Act 2010 in the last ten years.
Sharia Councils are not part of the judicial system; therefore, the Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of sharia councils in operation, and there is no plan to produce such data at this time.
The Ministry of Justice publishes convictions data on a wide range of offences including offences under the Equality Act 2010 in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool. This can be downloaded at the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page: Criminal justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that forced marriages do not take place in Sharia councils in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that forced marriages do not take place in Sharia councils in the UK.
The joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), provides support and advice to victims, those at risk, and professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales of February 2018, if she will take steps to conduct an assessment into the number of sharia councils operating in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales of February 2018, if she will take steps to conduct an assessment into the number of sharia councils operating in...
The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales was published under the 2016 to 2018 May Conservative government.
The Government is clear: Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales. Regardless of religious belief, we are all equal before the law. The Government has no intention of changing this position.
Religious communities, including Muslim communities, can operate arbitration councils and boards which seek to resolve disputes. The overriding principle is that they must operate within the rule of law.
The Government doesn’t prevent individuals from seeking to regulate their lives through religious beliefs and nothing in law prevents people abiding by Sharia principles, provided their actions don’t conflict with the law. If they do, rule of law prevails.
The decisions of Sharia councils are not binding in law – they are not part of the court system in this country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 August 2024, to Question HL394, on Legal Systems: Islam, what research has his department conducted on the operation of (a) shariah courts and (b) Muslim Arbitration Tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 August 2024, to Question HL394, on Legal Systems: Islam, what research has his department conducted on the operation of (a) shariah courts and (b) Muslim Arbitration Tribunals.
We have not conducted research on the operation of sharia courts and Muslim Arbitration Tribunals.
In line with previous governments, the government’s position remains that individuals are free to practise their religion, including seeking religious guidance or arbitration, provided this does not conflict with UK law. Where religious practices or decisions conflict with UK law, UK law – as enacted by parliament and applied by courts – prevails.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Sharia law courts have operated in the UK in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Sharia law courts have operated in the UK in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
There are no sharia law courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on Job Centres advertising vacancies relating to the implementation and administration of Sharia Law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on Job Centres advertising vacancies relating to the implementation and administration of Sharia Law.
Find A Job is a free platform to help jobseekers find vacancies with employers from various sectors. Employers are verified as legitimate and all jobs they advertise must comply with our terms and conditions: https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions-employer.html.
This is the first time I have seen the Leader of the House at the Dispatch Box in his new role, and I welcome him. He mentioned religious freedom. That freedom must not be allowed to conceal the malevolence of Sharia courts, which operate in places across our constituencies—there are...
This is the first time I have seen the Leader of the House at the Dispatch Box in his new role, and I welcome him. He mentioned religious freedom. That freedom must not be allowed to conceal the malevolence of Sharia courts, which operate in places across our constituencies—there are...
The Government and I agree absolutely with the point on which the right hon. Gentleman finished his question, because the rule of law is sovereign in this country. No other law takes precedence over that, and he is absolutely right in saying what should take precedence. Again, I am sure...
The Government and I agree absolutely with the point on which the right hon. Gentleman finished his question, because the rule of law is sovereign in this country. No other law takes precedence over that, and he is absolutely right in saying what should take precedence. Again, I am sure...
Does the new Secretary of State for Justice recognise sharia law and sharia courts in the United Kingdom—yes or no?
Does the new Secretary of State for Justice recognise sharia law and sharia courts in the United Kingdom—yes or no?
Sharia law forms no part of the law of England and Wales, but where people choose to put themselves before those councils—in common with Christian, Jewish and other courts of faith—that is part of religious tolerance which is an important British value.
Sharia law forms no part of the law of England and Wales, but where people choose to put themselves before those councils—in common with Christian, Jewish and other courts of faith—that is part of religious tolerance which is an important British value.
Sharia law forms no part of the law of England and Wales, but where people choose to put themselves before those councils—in common with Christian, Jewish and other courts of faith—that is part of religious tolerance which is an important British value.
Does the new Secretary of State for Justice recognise sharia law and sharia courts in the United Kingdom—yes or no?
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commission research on the operation of shariah courts in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commission research on the operation of shariah courts in England.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 50309 on 14 May 2025.
Sharia Courts are not part of the judicial system in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50158 on Polygamy, if she will make it her policy to commission research on this issue.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50158 on Polygamy, if she will make it her policy to commission research on this issue.
The department has no plans to commission research on this issue. It has been the policy of successive governments to prevent the formation of polygamous households in the UK.
A family court judge who would have made decisions in relation to many abused children was recently found guilty by the High Court of abusing their own adopted children. Does the Minister agree that protecting the anonymity of members of the judiciary who have abused their children, particularly when it relates so intimately to their own work in court, risks undermining public trust in our legal system?
A family court judge who would have made decisions in relation to many abused children was recently found guilty by the High Court of abusing their own adopted children. Does the Minister agree that protecting the anonymity of members of the judiciary who have abused their children, particularly when it relates so intimately to their own work in court, risks undermining public trust in our legal system?
My hon. Friend is right to highlight an absolutely appalling case, and the thoughts of everyone in this House are with the children who were victims of that abuse. The independent judiciary has ruled on this. This Government believe in transparency in our family courts, and that is why we are working to expand the use of transparency orders, but we have to respect the independence of our judiciary, which has ruled in this particular case, not least for the reason of protecting the children in that case.