Justice Select Committee
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The Justice Select Committee of the United Kingdom is a select committee of the House of Commons which scrutinizes the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, the committee examines the work of the Law Officers of the Crown, the Serious Fraud Office, and the Crown Prosecution Service. The committee also reviews draft Sentencing Guidelines issued by the Sentencing Council (formerly the Sentencing Guidelines Council.)[1]
The committee scrutinises the work of the Secretary of State for Justice, Attorney General, Solicitor General and the Minister of State for Prisons among others.[2]
Current membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:[3]
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Alex Barros-Curtis MP (Labour) | Cardiff West | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Matt Bishop MP (Labour) | Forest of Dean | Hansard |
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[4][5]
Changes 2019-2024
2017–2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[6][7]
Changes 2017–2019
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Laura Pidcock MP (Labour) | North West Durham | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Marie Rimmer MP (Labour) | St Helens South and Whiston | Hansard |
| 19 November 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) | Brentford and Isleworth | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | Hansard |
| 21 January 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Alex Chalk MP (Conservative) | Cheltenham | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | Hansard |
| 8 May 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Andy Slaughter MP (Labour) | Hammersmith | Hansard |
| 15 July 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Kemi Badenoch MP (Conservative) | Saffron Walden | → | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) | Burton | Hansard |
2015–2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.[8][9]
Changes 2015–2017
2010–2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[10][11]
Changes 2010–2015
See also
References
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