Justice Select Committee
UK House of Commons select committee
The Justice Select Committee of the United Kingdom is a select committee of the House of Commons which scrutinizes the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, the committee examines the work of the Law Officers of the Crown, the Serious Fraud Office, and the Crown Prosecution Service. The committee also reviews draft Sentencing Guidelines issued by the Sentencing Council (formerly the Sentencing Guidelines Council.)
The committee scrutinises the work of the Secretary of State for Justice, Attorney General, Solicitor General and the Minister of State for Prisons among others.
01Current membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2025 | Alex Barros-Curtis MP (Labour) | Cardiff West | → | Matt Bishop MP (Labour) | Forest of Dean | Hansard | ||
| 27 October 2025 | Mike Tapp MP (Labour) | Dover and Deal | → | Tony Vaughan MP (Labour) | Folkestone and Hythe | Hansard | ||
| 13 November 2025 | Josh Babarinde MP (Liberal Democrats) | Eastbourne | → | Vikki Slade MP (Liberal Democrats) | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Hansard | ||
| 22 June 2026 | Linsey Farnsworth MP (Labour) | Amber Valley | → | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | Hansard | ||
| 1 September 2026 | Andy Slaughter MP (chair, Labour) | Hammersmith and Chiswick | → | Vacant | Hansard | |||
| 14 September 2026 | Vacant | → | Catherine Atkinson MP (Chair, Labour) | Derby North | Hansard | |||
022019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
Changes 2019-2024
032017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2018 | Laura Pidcock MP (Labour) | North West Durham | → | Marie Rimmer MP (Labour) | St Helens South and Whiston | Hansard | ||
| 19 November 2018 | Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) | Brentford and Isleworth | → | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | Hansard | ||
| 21 January 2019 | Alex Chalk MP (Conservative) | Cheltenham | → | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | Hansard | ||
| 8 May 2019 | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | → | Andy Slaughter MP (Labour) | Hammersmith | Hansard | ||
| 15 July 2019 | Kemi Badenoch MP (Conservative) | Saffron Walden | → | Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) | Burton | Hansard | ||
042015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Richard Burgon MP (Labour) | Leeds East | → | David Hanson MP (Labour) | Delyn | Hansard | ||
| Sue Hayman MP (Labour) | Workington | Rupa Huq MP (Labour) | Ealing Central and Acton | |||||
| Christina Rees MP (Labour) | Neath | Andy McDonald MP (Labour) | Middlesbrough | |||||
| Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (Labour) | Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency) | Marie Rimmer MP (Labour) | St Helens South and Whiston | |||||
| 13 June 2016 | Andy McDonald MP (Labour) | Middlesbrough | → | Chris Elmore MP (Labour) | Ogmore | Hansard | ||
| 31 October 2016 | Rupa Huq MP (Labour) | Ealing Central and Acton | → | Kate Green MP (Labour) | Stretford and Urmston | Hansard | ||
| Andy McDonald MP (Labour) | Middlesbrough | Keith Vaz MP (Labour) | Leicester East | |||||
| 13 March 2017 | Marie Rimmer MP (Labour) | St Helens South and Whiston | → | Jo Stevens MP (Labour) | Cardiff Central | Hansard | ||
052010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
Changes 2010-2015
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