Consultation Hub

This site lists consultations that are run by the Ministry of Justice.

For more information on current government consultations go to GOV.UK.

Open Consultations

  • Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future

    This consultation considers increases to civil legal aid fees for Housing and Debt work, and Immigration and Asylum work. We are also seeking further evidence on potential changes to some aspects of contractual requirements. This consultation is the first step in our response to the evidence...

    Closes 21 March 2025

  • Law Commission consultation on compulsory purchase

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. ​Compulsory purchase is a legal mechanism by which certain bodies can acquire land for the public good without the consent of the owner. Landowners also have a right to compensation. The ability to purchase land using...

    Closes 31 March 2025

  • Hare Coursing Sentencing Guideline

    What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines which courts in England and Wales must follow when passing a sentence. The Council consults on its proposed guidelines before they come into force and on any...

    Closes 25 April 2025

  • Law Commission of England and Wales: your ideas for law reform

    Please use this questionnaire to tell us where you think there is a significant problem with the law. We want to know what you think is wrong and what practical problems arise. Please give us as much information as you can, even if you cannot answer all the questions.

    Closes 31 December 2050

Closed Consultations

  • Business Tenancies Consultation Paper 1

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Our wide-ranging review will consider in detail how the right to renew business tenancies, set out in Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, is working and will consider options for reform. This is the...

    Closed 19 February 2025

  • Costs protection in discrimination claims: Call for Evidence

    In this Call for Evidence, we are seeking views and evidence on the current arrangements for bringing discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 in the civil courts in England and Wales and, specifically, whether costs protection should be extended to discrimination claims, to inform our...

    Closed 19 February 2025

  • Business Tenancies Survey

    We are asking for responses to this survey about your experience of the 1954 Act. As well as responding to this survey, please also respond to our first consultation paper . The survey questions are set out in the following pages.  All questions in this survey are optional. If you...

    Closed 19 February 2025

  • Law Commission consultation on disabled children's social care law

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We have been asked to review the legal framework governing social care for disabled children in England to ensure that the law is fair, modern and accessible, allowing children with disabilities to access the support they...

    Closed 31 January 2025

  • Law Commission consultation on burial and cremation

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are consulting on provisional proposals for reform to burial and cremation law. That includes provisional proposals relating to grave reuse and reclamation, regulation of burial grounds, and aspects of...

    Closed 9 January 2025