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)
Steve Brine (Conservative, Winchester)
Rehman Chishti (Conservative, Gillingham
and Rainham)
Christopher Chope (Conservative,
Christchurch)
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour, Islington
North)
John Cryer (Labour, Leyton and Wanstead)
Nick de Bois (Conservative, Enfield
North)
Gareth Johnson (Conservative, Dartford)
Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru,
Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Andy McDonald (Labour, Middlesbrough)
John McDonnell (Labour, Hayes
and Harlington)
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour, Bolton South
East)
The following Members were also members
of the Committee during the Parliament:
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
C James (Labour, Swansea East); Jessica Lee (Conservative,
Erewash); Seema Malhotra (Labour/Co-operative, Feltham and
Heston) Robert Neill (Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst);
Claire Perry (Conservative, Devizes); Mrs Linda Riordan
(Labour/Co-operative, Halifax), Anna Soubry (Conservative,
Broxtowe); Graham Stringer (Labour, Blackley and Broughton);
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative, South West
Norfolk), Karl Turner (Labour, Kingston upon Hull East),
and Mike Weatherley (Conservative, Hove).
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
Committee reports are published on the
Committee's website at www.parliament.uk/justicecttee and by The
Stationery Office by Order of the House.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are
Nick Walker (Clerk), Edward Beale (Second Clerk), Gemma Buckland
(Senior Committee Specialist), Hannah Stewart (Committee Legal
Specialist), Ana Ferreira (Senior Committee Assistant), Ellen
Bloss (Committee Support Assistant), Holly Knowles (Committee
Support Assistant), Katia Krotova (Sandwich Student), and Liz
Parratt (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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