Cutting crime: better community sentences Contents

Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest

Members

Lord Beith

Lord Blunkett

Baroness Chakrabarti

Lord Filkin

Baroness Hamwee

Baroness Henig

Baroness Meacher

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

Baroness Prashar

Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Lord Sandhurst

Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia

Declarations of Interest

Lord Beith

No relevant interests to declare

Lord Blunkett

No relevant interests to declare

Baroness Chakrabarti

Council Member of both Justice and the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Lord Filkin

Former Ministry of Justice minister and step-daughter works in offender management in the Department.

Baroness Hamwee

Supporter of Howard League for Penal Reform

Baroness Henig

No relevant interests to declare

Baroness Meacher

No relevant interests to declare

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

No relevant interests to declare

Baroness Prashar

Member of Penal Reform APPG

Former Chair of Parole Board (1997–2000)

Patron Peer Power

Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Conducted an independent review of public libraries for DCMS (completed July 2023) which recommended the DCMS library team explored the possibility of including libraries on the unpaid work list (with HMP Probation Services and the Ministry of Justice)

Lord Sandhurst

Former Recorder of the Crown Court and a supporter of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia

Practising solicitor

Specialist Adviser

Dr Gemma Birkett

Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Department of Sociology and Criminology, at City, University of London.

Chair of the Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Network of the British Society of Criminology.

Sits on the Executive Board of the British Society of Criminology.

Member of the Howard League for Penal Reform.





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