Who can grant a two-person warrant in urgent English cases?

• A. A judge
• B. The Secretary of State
• C. A police officer
• D. A magistrate

Answer: (B)

Warrants to search or arrest in England are issued by a judicial authority. Even in urgent situations, the grant of the warrant rests with a court official, not with a minister or a police officer doing it alone. In urgent cases, police can request a warrant from a magistrate (often by telephone or video link) and the magistrate grants it if the criteria are met. A police officer cannot grant a warrant by themselves, and a Secretary of State does not issue warrants in individual cases. Judges can issue warrants too, but for routine urgent matters the issuing authority is the magistrate. So the best answer is magistrate.