Justice - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 March 2008.
Contents
Terms of Reference
1 Introduction
From Constitutional Affairs to Justice
Evidence from a witness and collective responsibility
Relations with the Department
Witness feedback
2 Core Tasks and
Inquiries
Examination of Government and European
Commission policy proposals
Core Task 1: Scrutiny of policy proposals
from the Government and the European Commission.
Core Task 2: Scrutiny of emerging policy,
or where existing policy is deficient
Core Task 3: Scrutiny of draft bills
Core Task 4: Scrutiny of policy documents
or other decisions
Objective B: Examination of departmental
expenditure
Core Task 5: Scrutiny of expenditure plans
and outturn of the department, its agencies and principal NDPBs
Objective C: Examination of Departmental
administration
Core Task 6: Scrutiny of the department's
Public Service Agreements and associated targets
Core Task 7: Scrutiny of the department's
executive agencies, NDPBs, regulators and other associated public
bodies
Core Task 8: Scrutiny of major appointments
made by the Department
Core Task 9: Scrutiny of implementation of
legislation and major policy initiatives
Objective D: to assist the House in debate
and decision
Core Task 10: production of Reports for debate
General
3 ANNEX
Table 1: Subjects covered by the Justice
Committee, 2007
Table 2: Visits by the Justice Committee
in 2007
Table 3: Liaison Committee criteria relevant
to inquiries
Formal Minutes
Reports from the Constitutional Affairs (now
Justice) Committee during the current Parliament
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