Select Committee on Justice Second Report

3  ANNEX

Table 1: Subjects covered by the Justice Committee, 2007[35]

Subject	Evidence sessions in 2007	Outcome
First Special Report - Party Funding—Oral evidence from the Lord Chancellor on the role of the Attorney General	0	Special Report, 19 January 2007
Second Report - Work of the Committee in 2005-06	0	Report, 8 March 2007
Third Report - Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid	5	Report, 1 May 2007
Fourth Report - Freedom of Information: Government proposals for reform	2	Report, 24 June 2007
Fifth Report - Constitutional role of the Attorney General	3	Report, 19 July 2007
Second Special Report - Scrutiny of Constitutional Reform	0	Special Report, 23 July 2007
Sixth Report - The creation of the Ministry of Justice	2	Report, 26 July 2007
First Special Report - The creation of the Ministry of Justice: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2006-07	0	Special Report, 3 December 2007
First Report - Protection of Private Data (Session 2007-08)	1	Report, 3 January 2008
Towards Effective Sentencing	7	Report to be published
Devolution: a decade on	1	Inquiry continuing
The Accommodation for the new Supreme Court	1	Evidence published
Public Guardianship Office	1	Evidence published
House of Lords Reform and Party Funding	1	Evidence published
Judicial Appointments Commission	2	Evidence published
Reform of the Coroner's System and Death Certification—follow up	1	Evidence published
Ministry of Justice: Aims and Objectives	1	Evidence published
The Work of the Ministry of Justice	2	Evidence published
Draft Sentencing Guidelines: Assaults	1	Evidence published

Table 2: Visits by the Justice Committee in 2007

Location	Purpose of visit
Lisbon, Portugal	Meeting of Chairmen of National Parliaments Justice and Home Affairs Committees
New York and Toronto	Inquiry into Towards Effective Sentencing

Table 3: Liaison Committee criteria relevant to inquiries

	Government and Commission policy proposals	Examination of deficiencies	Departmental actions	Associated public bodies	Major appointments	Implementation of legislation and major policy issues	Draft legislation	Expenditure	Evidence from Minister	Public Service Agreements
First Special Report - Party Funding—Oral evidence from the Lord Chancellor on the role of the Attorney General			√						√
Third Report - Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid	√	√		√		√		√	√
Fourth Report - Freedom of Information: Government proposals for reform Compensation Culture	√		√	√		√			√
Fifth Report - Constitutional role of the Attorney General		√	√	√					√
Second Special Report - Scrutiny of Constitutional Reform	√		√			√
Sixth Report - The creation of the Ministry of Justice	√	√	√	√		√		√	√	√
First Report - Protection of Private Data		√	√	√				√	√
Towards Effective Sentencing	√	√	√	√		√		√	√	√
Devolution: a decade on		√	√			√		√
The Accommodation for the new Supreme Court	√	√	√	√			√	√	√
Public Guardianship Office	√	√	√	√				√	√
House of Lords Reform and Party Funding	√	√	√			√		√	√
Judicial Appointments Commission	√	√	√	√		√		√	√	√
Reform of the Coroner's System and Death Certification—follow up	√		√	√		√		√	√
Ministry of Justice: Aims and Objectives	√	√	√	√		√		√		√
The Work of the Ministry of Justice	√	√	√	√		√		√	√	√
Draft Sentencing Guidelines: Assaults	√	√	√	√		√		√		√

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35   Up to the start of Session 2007-08 on 6 November 2007, the Committee was known as the Constitutional Affairs Committee. Back

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Prepared 20 March 2008