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Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Justice and Home Affairs Committee was appointed to consider justice and home affairs, including the domestic criminal justice system, and international cooperation in respect of criminal justice, civil justice, migration and asylum.

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4 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Family Migration
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 15 September 2022
Opened 1 July 2022
The Life in the UK test
Opened 29 March 2022
ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System)
Opened 26 May 2021
New technologies and the application of the law
Report:
Published
On 30 March 2022
Govt. response:
Published
On 5 July 2022
Opened 26 May 2021

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Call for evidence launched on family migration
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee invites written contributions to its inquiry into family migration. 
20 July 2022
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Lords Committee requests urgent review of the Life in the UK Test
Justice and Home Affairs Committee writes to Government urging review of Life in the UK Test
30 June 2022
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Technology used in the justice system is outpacing scrutiny and regulation
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes its report - Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system
30 March 2022

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
6 September 2022 - 10am to 12:30pm
To be confirmed
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
13 September 2022 - 10am to 12:30pm
To be confirmed

Latest publications

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Letter dated 19 July 2022 from the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice, to Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, regarding the Government’s reform proposals on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
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Correspondence
Letter dated 6 July 2022 from Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, to the Rt Hon Priti Patel, Home Secretary, regarding the Government's response to the Committee's report, "Technology rules? the advent of new technology in the Justice System"
Inquiry New technologies and the application of the law
Committees Justice and Home Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
1st Report - Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system
Inquiry New technologies and the application of the law
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HL Paper 180
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Response to this report
Letter dated 6 July 2022 from Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, to the Rt Hon Priti Patel, Home Secretary regarding the Government's response to the Committee’s recent report, ‘Technology rules? the advent of new technologies in the justice system’
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Correspondence
Response to this report
Government Response to the Report "Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system"
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Government Response

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