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Deputy Prime Minister to appear before Lords Committee

11 March 2023

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. 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.

Witness

Wednesday 15 March 2023 at 10.00am
Committee room 4, Palace of Westminster

  • Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice

Possible questions

Members will ask questions on a range of areas, potentially including:

  • The Secretary of State’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