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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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Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Inquiry Community sentences
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HL Paper 27
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Government response to the Committee’s report: Cutting crime: better community sentences
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1st Report - All families matter: An inquiry into family migration
Inquiry Family Migration
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HL Paper 144
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Government response to the Committee’s report All families matter: an inquiry into family migration
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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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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
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Government Response to the Report "Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system"
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Correspondence

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Letter and Annex A from the Ministry of Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding the Committee's inquiry into prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
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Letter dated 3 February 2025 from Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Unlocked Graduates update.
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
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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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Oral evidence transcripts

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18 March 2025
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Witnesses Women in Prison
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18 March 2025
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Witnesses Zak Addae-Kodua (Founder and Director at xconversation), Juliana Rowan, and Kieron Bryan
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11 March 2025
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Witnesses NACRO, and The Howard League for Penal Reform
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Written evidence

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Prospect (PRI0041)
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
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The Bishop of Gloucester, Rt Rev Rachel Treweek (PRI0048)
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
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Clinks (PRI0046)
Inquiry Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
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Minutes and decisions
After each meeting, domestic committees may publish the decisions that were taken and a record of the discussion.
3 published
Declarations of interest
Members of the House of Lords must declare relevant interests in committee work.
2 published

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