To ask Her Majesty's Government what were their reasons for halving the normal period of 12 weeks for public consultation on their proposals to abbreviate the procedures for the judicial review of administrative action.

Judicial Review: Proposals for Reform was a short engagement exercise, setting out a small number of simple, straightforward procedural reforms to make the judicial review process function better. For this reason, in line with the Government's new consultation principles, which provide for a more targeted approach to consultation, proportional to the potential impacts (17 July 2012, Hansard, col. 117WS), we believe that the six week engagement period provided sufficient time for consultees to consider the proposals and provide a meaningful response.