Committees

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
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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Home Secretary Suella Braverman to appear before Lords Committee
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee will be questioning the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP.
16 December 2022
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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

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (private meeting)
7 February 2023 - 10am to 12:30pm
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 February 2023 - 10am to 12:30pm
To be confirmed

Latest publications

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Letter dated 28 November from the Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald KC MP to Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, regarding the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly meeting held on 7 and 8 November.
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Letter dated 25 November 2022 from the Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice to Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, regarding Offenders (Day of Release From Detention)
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Letter dated 6 December 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 launch of the 24/7 rape and sexual abuse support line
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Correspondence

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