Lord Janner could face trial on a series of historical child sex abuse charges in 2016.
At an Old Bailey hearing this afternoon a judge scheduled the case for February next year.
But the elderly peer’s lawyers are expected to argue that he is not well enough to be questioned about the allegations at a “fitness to plead hearing” in December.
The 87-year-old suffers from severe dementia. He did not attend today’s session at the Old Bailey.
