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)
John Howell (Conservative, Henley)
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); Gareth Johnson (Conservative, Dartford);
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.
Publications
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), Daniel Whitford (Second Clerk), Gemma Buckland (Senior
Committee Specialist), Hannah Stewart (Committee Legal Specialist),
Ana Ferreira (Senior Committee Assistant), Ellen Bloss (Committee
Support Assistant), Conor Johnson (Sandwich Student), and Liz
Parratt (Committee Media Officer).
Contacts
Correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of
the Justice Committee, House of Commons, 14 Tothill Street, London
SW1H 9NB. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
8196 and the email address is justicecom@parliament.uk
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