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

  • Independent statutory regulation of probation practitioners

    This consultation is being launched with two key purposes, which are: To set out the rationale and timing for independent regulation of the probation profession in England and Wales To seek views on the design of functions and scope of a probation regulator and what type...

    Closes 8 October 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on homicide offences

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are conducting a review of the law of homicide and considering the need for reform to improve its clarity, coherence, fairness and effectiveness. The review is divided into three strands; homicide offences, defences...

    Closes 16 October 2026

  • Response form for the Easy Read summary of the kinship care consultation paper

    We are the Law Commission of England and Wales. The UK Government asked us to look at the law on kinship care. Kinship care is when children are cared for by family members or close family friends instead of their parents. We wrote a paper called a...

    Closes 16 October 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on homicide offences - Easy Read

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. The Government has asked us to look at the law about homicide. Homicide is when a person kills another person. Many people think the current law of homicide is not fair or clear enough. In this...

    Closes 16 October 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on kinship care (consultation paper)

    This is a public consultation about kinship care by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Kinship care is when a child is cared for by an adult who is not their parent for a significant amount of time. Kinship carers are usually relatives or family friends, and the kinship care...

    Closes 16 October 2026

Closed Consultations

  • The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2027: proposed amendments

    This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to judicial pensions regulations to be legislated for via the Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2027 (“the 2027 Amendments”). These changes are intended to support the effective operation of the judicial pension scheme. The 2027 Amendments...

    Closed 6 October 2026

  • Immigration Offences Consultation

    What is this consultation about? The consultation is about immigration offences. The consultation seeks views on a draft guideline for the offence of Endangering another during a sea crossing to the UK (Immigration Act 1971 (section 24(E1A)). This is also a...

    Closed 30 September 2026

  • Tying the knot: reforming weddings law in England and Wales

    This is a consultation on the government’s proposals to reform weddings law in England and Wales. T he proposals follow the Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings law and the government’s announcement in October 2025 of its intention to modernise wedding law. The proposals...

    Closed 24 September 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on commercial leasehold: overcoming barriers to transactions

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are conducting a focused review of two areas of law that are causing problems for commercial leasehold transactions. For more information about this project, click here . We recommend that consultees read...

    Closed 16 September 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on business tenancies: modernising security of tenure

    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 our second...

    Closed 16 September 2026