Directive 2010/64/EU after Brexit
Criminal Proceedings: Interpreters:Written question - HL12743
Asked by Baroness Coussins
Asked on: 10 January 2019
Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Interpreters
HL12743
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to bring forward measures to ensure that Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament, providing for the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings, will be incorporated into UK statute before 29 March; and if so, when.
Answered by: Lord Keen of Elie
Answered on: 21 January 2019
Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings was transposed into UK domestic law by 27 October 2013 when it came into force. The Government has no plan currently to alter those provisions.