Found: In the House of Commons, Keith Vaz, a former MP for Leicester, was keen on protecting those home workers

Found: Boris Johnson (Privileges Committee case), Rt Hon Owen Paterson (Standards Committee case), Rt Hon Keith Vaz

Found: when Mr 69 Appendix 2, paras 12–13 70 Appendix 2, para 13 71 First Report of Session 2019–20, Keith Vaz

Found: cost-restoring-parliament-could-soar-12bn-mps-will-not- relocate/ 29 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/10/keith-vaz-second-leicestershire-police-investigation49

Found: 15 Appendix 1, para 41 16 Appendix 1, para 41 17 Appendix 1, para 66 and Committee on Standards, Keith Vaz

The Liaison Committee took evidence from the Prime Minister David Cameron at 4.00pm on Tuesday 14 January, continuing the Committee’s regular questioning of the Prime Minister.

The session focussed on the following themes:

Violence against women and girls

• International development and action to tackle violence against women and girls
• Preventing sexual violence in conflict
• Sexual harassment in the armed forces
• Female genital mutilation – nationally and internationally
• Child sexual exploitation
• Human trafficking/modern day slavery
• UK implementation of international agreements
• Domestic violence
• Sex education and the role of schools
• Housing and the benefits system

Energy policy and environmental priorities

• Energy security and blackouts
• Investor confidence
• The risks posed by electro-magnetic pulses
• Energy subsidies and fuel poverty
• Environmental priorities
• Shale gas
• Community engagement and scientific advice
  

The session was chaired by Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (Lib Dem) and involved the following Select Committee Chairs:

• Mr Graham Allen MP, Political and Constitutional Reform (Lab)
• Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP, Defence (Cons)
• Dame Anne Begg MP, Work and Pensions (Lab)
• Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce MP, International Development (Lib Dem)
• Mr William Cash MP, European Scrutiny (Cons)
• David T C Davies MP, Welsh Affairs (Con)
• Dr Hywel Francis MP, Joint Committee on Human Rights (Lab)
• Miss Anne McIntosh MP, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Con)
• Andrew Miller MP, Science and Technology (Lab)
• Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Home Affairs (Lab)
• Joan Walley MP, Environmental Audit (Lab)
• Tim Yeo MP, Energy and Climate Change (Con)

Oral and written evidence for this session can be found by selecting the relevant option below.

The Home Affairs Committee has concluded its inquiry into Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners and published its Report.

Report

The Committee's Report on Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners (PDF) was published on 1 December 2010 as the Second Report of Session 2010-12, HC 511.

Additional written evidence (PDF) has been published.

Tuesday 12 October 2010 at 11.00am
Committee Room 15, House of Commons

Purpose of session

This is the Committee’s first of two evidence sessions for its inquiry into the proposed new elected Police and Crime Commissioners. It is an opportunity to explore how the new proposals will affect the Metropolitan Police, to question witnesses about the relationship between Chief Constables and elected Police and Crime Commissioners and to probe whether and how “operational independence” should be defined.

Witnesses:
At 11.00am
Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London with responsibility for policing and Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority

At approximately 11.30am
Rick Muir, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research

At approximately 12.00pm
Bernard Hogan-Howe, former Chief Constable of Merseyside

Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“The landscape of policing looks set to change considerably in the near future if plans to implement directly elected individuals go ahead. The Committee looks forward to questioning the witnesses on the impact this will have on policing in the 21st Century.”

Report

The Committee's report on Student Visas was published on 17 March 2011 as the Seventh report of Session 2010-12, HC 773.

Additional written evidence has been published.

Terms of Reference

The Committee issued the following terms of reference on 7 December 2010:

• Whether the cuts should be limited to certain types of courses (e.g. pre-degree level);
• The impact different levels of cuts might have on the various sectors;
• The impact, if any, that reductions in student visas might have on the UK’s standing in the world;
• Whether cuts in student visas would have any effect on the decisions of highly qualified graduates to conduct research or take up teaching posts in the UK;
• Whether the post study route should be continued;
• The educational routes through which students come to the UK to study at degree level; and
• International comparisons.

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“Education is one of this country’s greatest exports. International students often maintain trade and knowledge links with the UK for years after they have returned to their country of origin. The Home Affairs Committee are concerned that any arbitrary decision to restrict the number of international students will be of grave danger to the UK economy and reputation”

“By allowing interested parties to highlight how they might be affected by restrictions on Tier 4 visas, we hope to ensure that any restrictions proposed by the Government do not disadvantage a vibrant and successful industry.”

“We respect the fact that the Government wishes to tighten up the immigration system but feel that, as we stated in our recent report on the immigration cap, efforts would be far better directed towards tackling bogus colleges and those who overstay their visas in order to seek employment, than penalising legitimate students.”

Immigration Cap (HC 361) First Report of Session 2009-10

Bogus Colleges (HC 595) Eleventh Report of Session 2008-09

The Committee held an evidence session on 30 November 2010 examining Lessons from the American experience of policing.

Tuesday 30 November 2010

Witness:
At approximately 12.30 pm
Bill Bratton CBE, former chief of police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“The landscape of policing looks set to change considerably in the near future if plans to implement directly elected individuals and to create a new National Crime Agency go ahead. The Committee looks forward to questioning Bill Bratton CBE, former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department to see if we can learn any lessons from the American experience of policing.”

The Committee held an evidence session on 12 October 2010 examining the work of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.

Oral evidence session

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Purpose of session

This is one of the Committee’s topical evidence sessions. It is an opportunity to discuss the work of CEOP with its Chief Executive, Jim Gamble, and in particular to explore the concerns about the future of this agency that have led Mr Gamble to resign from his post.   

Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“We have long been aware of the magnificent specialised work done by CEOP in protecting children from sexual exploitation, making the internet a safer environment for children, combating child trafficking, and tracking down missing paedophiles. We are alarmed that Mr Gamble considers that the proposed merger of CEOP into the National Crime Agency would place this work in jeopardy, and we are therefore taking an early opportunity to explore with him the nature of his concerns.”

Report

The Committee's Report on Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications was published on 20 July 2011 as the Thirteenth Report of Session 2010-12, HC 907.

Government Response

The Government's Response (Cm 8182) was published in September 2011.

Follow-up oral evidence

Tuesday 4 September 2012
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, QPM, Metropolitan Police

Terms of Reference

The Committee issued the following terms of reference on 7 September 2010:

• The definition of the offences relating to unauthorised tapping or hacking in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and the ease of prosecuting such offences; and
• The police response to such offences, especially the treatment of those whose communications have been intercepted; and
• What the police are doing to control such offences

Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“The evidence of Assistant Commissioner John Yates today raised a number questions of importance about the law on phone hacking, the way the police deal with such breaches of the law and the manner in which victims are informed of those breaches. I hope that this inquiry will clarify all these important areas."

The Committee held an evidence session on 27 July 2010 as part of its inquiry into Policing.

Oral Evidence Session

Tuesday 27 July 2010

At 11.00 am
Nick Herbert MP, Minister for Policing, Home Office

At approximately 11.45 am
Sir Paul Stephenson, Metropolitan Police Commissioner

At approximately 12.15 pm
Sir Hugh Orde, President, Association of Chief Police Officers

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“We are pleased to welcome the new Policing Minister and senior police officers to give evidence. We are keen to examine the policing policies of the Coalition Government, and their implications for operational policing, in particular elected police commissioners, reducing police bureaucracy, force structures and officer numbers. This will be particularly important in the light of cuts to the Home Office budget, given that policing accounts for over half of the overall budget.”

The Committee held an evidence session on 15 July 2010 examining the work of the Home Office.

Oral evidence

Thursday 15 July 2010

At 9.30 am, Committee Room 8, House of Commons

Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary

The newly nominated Home Affairs Committee have invited the recently appointed Home Secretary for their first evidence session of the Parliament.

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:

“We relish this opportunity to question the newly-appointed Home Secretary about the Coalition Government’s plans for a range of Home Office policy areas, including policing, immigration, crime and counter-terrorism. We are particularly interested to discuss her intended cap on migration, the election of police commissioners, her proposals for reducing police bureaucracy, and the impact of 25% to 40% budget cuts on crime and policing. I will be asking her about recent events in Whitehaven and Northumberland.”

@lewis_goodall @HackneyAbbott @TheNewsAgents Total rubbish. No one could ever have mistaken Paul Boateng, Bernie Grant & Keith Vaz with the others.

With a 32% increase in vote share the good people of Leicester East are showing that they have finally had enough of sweat shops, a disastrous mayor, Labour and Keith Vaz

Found: Labour MP and Chair of the Home Affairs Committee Keith Vaz: “I am concerned that ordinary landlords