Justice Committee: weekly update
3 February 2017
At the end of sitting weeks the Justice Committee publishes a brief summary of its activities in the form of a weekly update.
This week's meeting
The Committee met on Tuesday 31 January to take evidence on prison reform: governor empowerment and prison performance, then on Wednesday 1 February to take evidence on the implications of Brexit for the justice system.
- Read the transcript of the oral evidence on Prison reform: governor empowerment and prison performance
- Watch the oral evidence on prison reform: governor empowerment and prison performance
- Watch the oral evidence on the implications of Brexit for the justice system
Papers published this week
The Committee published a letter from Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, regarding a review of Independent Monitoring Boards. It also published further written evidence relating to prison reform and to implications of Brexit for the justice system.
- Read the letter from Sam Gyimah MP regarding IMBs (PDF 138.4 KB)
- Read the written evidence on prison reform
- Read the written evidence on the implications of Brexit for the justice system
Current inquiries
The Committee has four ongoing inquiries (with an additional sub-inquiry within Prison reform):
- Inquiry: Prison reform
(The initial deadline for submissions to this inquiry was Friday 30 September 2016. The Committee is continuing to accept submissions. The most recent oral evidence session was on Wednesday 14 December 2016.) - Sub-inquiry: Prison reform: Governor empowerment and prison performance
(The deadline for submissions to this sub-inquiry was on Monday 9 January 2017. Anyone wishing to make a submission should contact the Committee staff. The most recent oral evidence session was on Tuesday 31 January.) - Inquiry: The implications of Brexit for the justice system
(Oral evidence to this inquiry has concluded. Anyone wishing to make a written submission should contact the Committee staff) - Inquiry: Disclosure of youth criminal records
(The initial deadline for submissions to this inquiry was Friday 11 November 2016. The Committee held an informal seminar on this matter on Tuesday 13 December 2016, and is continuing to accept submissions.) - Inquiry: The implications of Brexit for the Crown Dependencies
(The initial deadline for submissions to this inquiry was Friday 18 November 2016. The Committee is continuing to accept submissions.)
Future business
The Committee will meet on Tuesday 7 February to take evidence on the Government consultation on soft tissue injury claims from James Dalton, Association of British Insurers, and Neil Sugarman, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (at 9.45am).
For further information please contact the Committee.
Further information
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