Committees

Home Affairs Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Home Affairs Committee is a cross-party committee of MPs responsible for scrutinising the work of the Home Office and its associated bodies. It examines government policy, spending and the law in areas including immigration, security and policing.

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please visit committees before 2020, inquiries before 2020 or publications before 2020.

5 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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Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Report:
Published
On 5 August 2020
Govt. response:
Published
On 13 November 2020
Opened 11 March 2020
The Macpherson Report: twenty-one years on
Opened 5 June 2020
Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 2 December 2020
Opened 6 August 2020
Police conduct and complaints
Opened 11 August 2020
The Windrush Compensation Scheme
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 16 December 2020
Opened 18 November 2020

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.
Regular evidence sessions
Some committees take evidence from certain officeholders or organisations on a regular basis outside the structure of an inquiry.

Latest news

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Channel crossings: facilities and migrant detaining processes examined
Home Affairs Committee examines processes in migrant detention centers
24 November 2020
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New inquiry: The Windrush Compensation Scheme
Committee launches a new inquiry into the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
19 November 2020
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Evidence session on Channel Crossings with immigration lawyers, Migration Observatory, Migration Watch and British Future
Home Affairs Committee to hear evidence from maritime and immigration lawyers and representatives of Migration Watch, The Migration Observatory and British Future
17 November 2020

Upcoming events

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Informal meeting
1 December 2020 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
2 December 2020 - 9am to 11:30am
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Latest publications

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Letter to the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration following up the evidence session on 4 November, dated 11 November 2020
Work The work of the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration (Non-inquiry session)
Committees Home Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the Windrush Compensation Scheme, dated 11 November 2020
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Correspondence
Letter from the Chair of the NPCC to the Chair on future UK-EU security co-operation, dated 11 November 2020
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Correspondence

Contact us

  • Email: homeaffcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General) 020 7219 6856/3282 (Media) 020 7219 8430/07834 172 099 perryg@parliament.uk