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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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2 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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Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Opened 30 October 2024
Electronic border management systems
Opened 21 February 2024

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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Minister for Migration and Citizenship to appear before Lords Committee
Justice and Home Affairs Committee hears from Minister for Migration and Citizenship
4 December 2024
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Inquiry launched on prison governance, leadership and staffing
Call for evidence launched for inquiry into prison governance, leadershp and staffing
18 November 2024
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Unacceptable levels of shop theft causing serious harm to society
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes a letter to the Minister for Policing, Crime and Fire Prevention, Dame Diana Johnson MP, after conducting an inquiry into shop theft.
5 November 2024

Upcoming events

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Tuesday 1 April 2025
10:30am Public
12:15pm Private
Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Oral evidence 1 April 2025
10:30am
  • The Lord Timpson OBE DL (Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending at Ministry of Justice)
  • Phil Copple (Director General of Operations at HMPPS)
To be confirmed
Tuesday 25 March 2025
9:15am Private
Private meeting 25 March 2025
HMP Belmarsh and HMP Isis

Latest publications

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Letter dated 4 March 2025 from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding the Concordat Agreement FY25/26
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Correspondence
Letter dated 4 March 2025 from Sir Nic Dakin MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding a review of the placement options for girls in the children and young people's secure estate
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Correspondence
Letter dated 25 February 2025 from Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State, Home Office, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding the Crime and Policing Bill: Introduction
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Correspondence

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