Ageing prison population: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report

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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

Sir Robert Neill MP (Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst) (Chair)

Paula Barker MP (Labour, Liverpool, Wavertree)

Richard Burgon MP (Labour, Leeds East)

Rob Butler MP (Conservative, Aylesbury)

James Daly MP (Conservative. Bury North)

Sarah Dines MP (Conservative, Derbyshire Dales)

Maria Eagle MP (Labour, Garston and Halewood)

John Howell MP (Conservative, Henley)

Kenny MacAskill MP (Scottish National Party, East Lothian)

Kieran Mullan MP (Conservative, Crewe and Nantwich)

Andy Slaughter MP (Labour, Hammersmith)

The following were also Members of the Committee during this session.

Ellie Reeves MP (Labour, Lewisham West and Penge) and Ms Marie Rimmer MP (Labour, St Helens South and Whiston).

Powers

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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 in print by Order of the House.

Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are, Chloë Cockett (Senior Specialist), Mark Doyle (Committee Media Officer), Alison Hill (Assistant Counsel), Su Panchanathan (Committee Operations Officer), Tracey Payne (Committee Specialist), Christine Randall (Committee Operations Manager), Jack Simson Caird (Assistant Counsel), Holly Tremain (Committee Specialist), Ellen Watson (Second Clerk) and David Weir (Clerk).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Justice Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8196; the Committee’s email address is justicecom@parliament.uk.

You can follow the Committee on Twitter using @CommonsJustice