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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