The Justice Committee
The Justice Committee is appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Ministry of Justice and its associated public bodies (including
the work of staff provided for the administrative work of courts
and tribunals, but excluding consideration of individual cases
and appointments, and excluding the work of the Scotland and Wales
Offices and of the Advocate General for Scotland); and administration
and expenditure of the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury
Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the
Serious Fraud Office (but excluding individual cases and appointments
and advice given within government by Law Officers).
Current membership
Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
(Chair)
Mr Robert Buckland (Conservative, South Swindon)
Christopher Evans (Labour/Co-operative, Islwyn)
Mrs Helen Grant (Conservative, Maidstone and The
Weald)
Ben Gummer (Conservative, Ipswich)
Mrs Siân James (Labour, Swansea East)
Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Claire Perry (Conservative, Devizes)
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour, Bolton South East)
Mrs Linda Riordan (Labour/Co-operative, Halifax)
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative, South West Norfolk)
Karl Turner (Labour, Kingston upon Hull East)
The following Members were also members of the Committee
during the Parliament:
Jessica Lee (Conservative, Erewash)
Anna Soubry (Conservative, Broxtowe)
Powers
The committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in
SO No 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet
at www.parliament.uk/justicecttee. A list of Reports of the Committee
in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
The Reports of the Committee,
the formal minutes relating to that report, oral
evidence taken and some or all written evidence are
available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence may be published on the
internet only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Tom Goldsmith
(Clerk), Emma Graham (Second Clerk), Hannah Stewart (Committee
Legal Specialist), Gemma Buckland (Committee Specialist), Ana
Ferreira (Senior Committee Assistant), Henry Ayi-Hyde (Committee
Support Assistant), and Nick Davies (Committee Media Officer).
Contacts
Correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of
the Justice Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P
3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8196
and the email address is justicecom@parliament.uk
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