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 go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

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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Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 10 June 2020
Report:
Published
On 27 April 2020
Opened 11 March 2020
The Macpherson Report: twenty-one years on
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 15 June 2020
Opened 5 June 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.

Latest news

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Home Affairs Committee to take new evidence on policing and race
The Macpherson Report: twenty-one years on inquiry
5 June 2020
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Online fraud and child exploitation examined
Home Affairs Committee explores the Home Office’s preparedness for Covid-19
2 June 2020
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Covid-19 - Government's contingency planning for movement of goods and people examined
Home Affairs Committee hears from representatives of the Port of Dover, the Airport Operators Association
21 May 2020

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
10 June 2020 - 9am to 11:30am
Virtual meeting

Latest publications

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Letter from the Minister for Digital and Culture on online harms dated 27 May 2020
Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Committees Home Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Letter to the Home Secretary on the recent oral evidence session dated 29 May 2020
Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Committees Home Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Letter to the Home Secretary on visa extensions dated 22 May 2020
Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Committees Home Affairs Committee
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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