§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why the Court Service has not set a date for the case of Mr Quayym Raja to be referred to a judge for his minimum term of imprisonment to be reviewed, bearing in mind paragraph 28 of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Easterbrook v United Kingdom, concerning the unreasonable delay in the fixing of tariffs. [HL4008]
§ Lord FilkinThe review of minimum terms set by the Home Secretary has been awaiting a guideline judgment from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and Practice Direction from the Lord Chief Justice. The guideline judgment was delivered on 8 July in the case ofR v Sullivan & Others and the Practice Direction was issued on 29 July. I expect Mr Raja's case to be reviewed shortly.