Deputy Prime Minister to appear before Lords Committee
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee will be questioning the Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice.
Meeting details
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Work
Ministry of Justice oral evidence session (Non-inquiry session)
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice at Ministry of Justice
The Committee will cover a wide range of topics, including the Secretary of State’s priorities for his department on budget day and the implications of the Government’s policy on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for UK-EU security cooperation.
Members will ask questions on a range of areas, potentially including:
- The Secretary of State for Justice’s priorities for his department on budget day
- The implications of the Government’s policy on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for UK-EU security cooperation
- Imprisonment for public protection (IPP)
- Electronic tagging to tackle violence against women and girls
- Reforms of the parole system
- Prison overcrowding and conditions
- The UK’s application to the Lugano Convention
Further information