MA Consultation Responses

The MA regularly responds to consultations from government and other agencies to represent the views of magistrates

Responses are listed in reverse date order, to view a response just click on the relevant title.
 

2020

Sentencing Council's Firearms Offences Consultation 14 1 20

2019

Children and Young People in Custody 30 09 19

Working Group proposals on Private Law 30 09 19

Working Group proposals on Public Law 30 09 19

MoJ consultation on the Victims' Code 11 09 19

Family Review Panel call for evidence on cases involving domestic abuse 26 08 19

Sentencing Council consultation on mental health conditions and disorders 09 07 19

Presidents Draft Guidance as to Reporting in the Family Courts 30 06 19

CPS consultation on mental conditions and disorders MA response 04 06 19

HMIP core inspection 2019 08 04 19

HM Inspector of Probation inspection framework and programmes 29 03 19

Court and Tribunal Reforms Inquiry 06 03 19

Draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill Scrutiny 15 02 19

Law Commission Automated Vehicles 08 02 19

Follow-up to the Role of the Magistracy Inquiry response 30 01 19

Transforming Justice Report: Path of little resistance: is pre-trial detention of children really a last resort? 08 01 19

2018

Revised national standard for children in the youth justice system 26 11 18

New cycling offences response 31 10 18

Inquiry into right to family life 15 10 18

Strengthening probation, building confidence 21 09 18

Consultation on the Code for Crown Prosecutors 17 09 18

Search warrants consultation 06 09 18

Sentencing Council consultation on a general guideline for sentencing offences 11 09 18

Inquiry into serious violence 16 08 18

Public Order Offences Guidelines consultation 08 08 18

Inquiry into Domestic Abuse response 04 07 18

Draft guidelines for arson and criminal damage response 26 06 18

Powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments response 14 06 18

Commission on Justice in Wales 04 06 18

Public Accounts Committee Inquiry Transforming Courts and Tribunals 31 05 18

Transforming the response to domestic abuse 31 05 18

Second Batch of Standard Family Orders 16 04 18

HMIP inspection framework and programmes consultation 15 04 18

Justice Select Committee inquiry into disclosure of evidence in criminal cases 30 03 18

Fit for the future: transforming the court and tribunal estate 27 03 18

New sentencing guideline on bladed articles and offensive weapons offences 05 03 18

Future structures of legal operations response 13 02 18

2017

Prisons and Courts Bill Briefing 17 03 2017

2016

Justice Select Committee Inquiry into the Role of the Magistracy 16 01 2016

Bach Commission into Access to Justice 28 04 2016

Consultation on Transforming our Justice System 10 11 2016

2015

National Consultation on Court Closures 07 10 2015