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Information between 4th November 2024 - 4th December 2024

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Division Votes
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 356 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 77
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 359 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 373 Noes - 110
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 371 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 401 Noes - 120
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 364 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 454 Noes - 124
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 362 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 450 Noes - 120
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 368 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 120
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 356 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 383 Noes - 184
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 367 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 122
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 368 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 455 Noes - 125
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 360 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 378 Noes - 116
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 375
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 376
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 343 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 93 Noes - 355
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 342 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 41 Noes - 378
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 340 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 435 Noes - 73
13 Nov 2024 - Exiting the European Union - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 338 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 412 Noes - 16
19 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 324 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 350 Noes - 108
27 Nov 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 319 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 176
27 Nov 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 320 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 112 Noes - 333
25 Nov 2024 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 319 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 175
25 Nov 2024 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 320 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 335
26 Nov 2024 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 47
29 Nov 2024 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 234 Labour Aye votes vs 147 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 275
3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 324 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 189
3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Pam Cox voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 322 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 330


Speeches
Pam Cox speeches from: Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Pam Cox contributed 1 speech (464 words)
2nd reading
Monday 18th November 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Pam Cox speeches from: Income Tax (Charge)
Pam Cox contributed 1 speech (498 words)
Tuesday 5th November 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care


Written Answers
NHS: Staff
Asked by: Pam Cox (Labour - Colchester)
Wednesday 27th November 2024

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the prohibition of two-tier workforce regulations will be applied to all NHS- funded outsourced contracts since 4 July 2024; and whether he has asked NHS England to provide guidance to NHS organisations..

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Employment Rights Bill, once in force, will provide powers to make regulations to introduce provisions for new protections for transferring workers in relevant outsourcing contracts. The provisions will apply to contracting authorities as defined in the Procurement Act 2023, which includes NHS bodies, subject to exceptions that will be set out in regulations. The regulations will be developed in due course and will not apply retrospectively. The Procurement Act 2023 does not apply to the procurement of health care services, which are regulated by DHSC’s Provider Selection Regime.




Pam Cox mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
77 speeches (26,561 words)
2nd reading
Monday 18th November 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) Shannon), for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey), for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin), for Colchester (Pam Cox - Link to Speech
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) Members for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey), for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin), for Colchester (Pam Cox - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Royal Courts of Justice

Justice Committee

Found: Pam Cox: Good afternoon. I am Pam Cox. My interests are as declared on the register.

Tuesday 19th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Ministry of Justice

Justice Committee

Found: Pam Cox: Good afternoon. I am Pam Cox. My interests are declared on the register.




Pam Cox - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 12th November 2024 8:30 a.m.
Justice Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 19th November 2024 2 p.m.
Justice Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Re-offending
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Tuesday 26th November 2024 2 p.m.
Justice Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Lady Chief Justice
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill DBE - Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales at Royal Courts of Justice
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Tuesday 3rd December 2024 2 p.m.
Justice Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Director of Public Prosecutions
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Stephen Parkinson - Director of Public Prosecutions at Crown Prosecution Service
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Tuesday 10th December 2024 2 p.m.
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - Oral evidence
Subject: Further to consider the Bill
At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Abby Dryden - CEO at Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS)
At 2:20pm: Oral evidence
Colonel Darren Doherty - Director of Grants & Welfare at Army Benevolent Fund
Mandy Harding - Head of Commissioned Grants at Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity
Air Commodore Simon Harper OBE MA Chartered FCIPD - Director of Grants, Services & Programmes at RAF Benevolent Fund
At 3:10pm: Oral evidence
Collette Musgrave - CEO at Army Families Federation
Sarah Clewes - CEO at Naval Families Federation
Maria Lyle - Director at RAF Families Federation
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Luke Pollard MP - Minister for the Armed Forces at Ministry of Defence
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Tuesday 10th December 2024 9:25 a.m.
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - Oral evidence
Subject: To consider the Bill
At 9:25am: Oral evidence
Mariette Hughes - Service Complaints Ombudsman at Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces
At 9:55am: Oral evidence
Angela Kitching - Director of Campaigns, Policy & Research at Royal British Legion
Ted Arnold - Senior Public Affairs and Policy Manager at Help for Heroes
At 10:40am: Oral evidence
Lieutenant General (retd) Sir Andrew Gregory KBE CB DL - Controller at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity
Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Pope KCB CBE - Chair at Confederation of Service Charities
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Tuesday 10th December 2024 2 p.m.
Justice Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreements (IMA)
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Nicole Lappin - Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the IMA
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Thursday 12th December 2024 11:30 a.m.
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - Debate
Subject: Further to consider the Bill
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Thursday 12th December 2024 2 p.m.
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - Debate
Subject: Further to consider the Bill
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Tuesday 17th December 2024 2 p.m.
Justice Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Lord Chancellor
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice at Ministry of Justice
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Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Ponsonby, dated 28 October 2024 regarding the review into legal challenges to nationally significant infrastructure projects

Justice Committee
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 30 October 2024 regarding Regulation Amendments to Legal Aid Means Testing

Justice Committee
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Chief Executive of the Legal Services Board, dated 29 October 2024 regarding Report on regulatory events leading up to the SRA intervention into Axiom Ince Limited

Justice Committee
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Prisons, Parole and Reducing Re-offending, dated 31 October 2024 regarding IPP announcement

Justice Committee
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Prisons, Parole and Reducing Re-offending, dated 5 November 2024 regarding prison function changes in the North West, North East and London

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 13 November 2024 relating to the Response to the Criminal Legal Aid Crime Lower Consultation

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Lord Timpson Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, dated 15 November 2024 relating to the Inquiry into the Prison Operational Workforce

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Ponsonby Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, dated 18 November 2024 – Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Poland on Criminal Justice Cooperation

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice dated 14 November 2024 relating to an update on the Independent Sentencing Review

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Government Response - Letter from Charlie Taylor HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, dated 18 November 2024 relating to Analysis – Children in custody 2023-24

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 5 November 2024 relating to the Agreement between the UK and the Swiss Confederation on the recognition of professional qualifications

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 6 November 2024 regarding the Introduction of the Arbitration Bill

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Re-offending, dated 6 November 2024 relating to the introduction of the Mental Health Bill

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Re-offending, dated 6 November 2024 relating to the Urgent Notification HMP Manchester

Justice Committee
Wednesday 20th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 19 November 2024 – IPP Annual Report

Justice Committee
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Ponsonby, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, dated 22 November 2024 relating to the Governments' preferred candidate for Chair of the Independent Monitoring Authority

Justice Committee
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 21 November 2024 relating to the Statutory Review of the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021

Justice Committee
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 20 November 2024 relating to the HMP Winchester Action Plan

Justice Committee
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 19 November 2024 relating to The Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024

Justice Committee
Monday 25th November 2024
Correspondence - Letter to Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Re-offending and Lord Dakin, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, dated 22 November 2024 relating to Imprisonment for Public Protection

Justice Committee
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Ministry of Justice

Justice Committee
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Royal Courts of Justice

Justice Committee
Monday 2nd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Andy Slaughter MP, Chair of the Justice Select Committee to Lord Ponsonby, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Ministry of Justice, dated 28 November 2024 relating to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Poland on criminal justice cooperation

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 2 December 2024 relating to the Personal Injury Discount Rate - Outcome of Review

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 28 November 2024 - Consultation on Legal Aid Fees

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions, dated 28 November 2024 relating to the CPS Racial Disproportionality Report and Action Plan

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 28 November 2024 relating to the extension of the intensive supervision court pilot

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 27 November 2024 regarding the Regulation of Non-police and private prosecutors

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Alex Davies-Jones MP and Jess Phillips MP, Minister for Victims and Minister for Safeguarding, dated 26 November 2024 regarding New Domestic Abuse Protection Orders and Notices

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 27 November 2024 relating to YOI (Interception) (Amendment) 2024

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Heidi Alexander MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 27 November 2024 relating to a Call for Evidence on Costs protection for Discrimination Claims

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 26 November 2024 regarding the Victims Commissioner Recruitment Campaign Notification

Justice Committee
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Oral Evidence - Crown Prosecution Service

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Andy Slaughter MP, Chair of the Committee to Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions, dated 10 December 2024 relating to the Evidence session on 3 December 2024

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 9 December 2024 - Consultation response on including claimant names on the register of judgment orders and fines

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Sir Nic Dakin, Minister for Sentencing and Youth Justice and Alex Davies Jones, Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, dated 5 December 2024 relating to the review of the law of Homicide and sentencing framework for Murder

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 5 December 2024 regarding Courts moving to HMPs Brixton and Holme House as part of re-roles to reception prisons

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair of the Committee, Andy Slaughter MP to the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 3 December 2024 relating to Data and modelling on sitting days

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 6 December 2024 relating to the New Prisons Programme update

Justice Committee
Wednesday 11th December 2024
Report - First Report - Appointment of the Chair of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements

Justice Committee
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Oral Evidence - Nicole Lappin

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Andy Slaughter MP, Chair of the Committee to David Gauke, Chair of the Sentencing Review, dated 10 December 2024 regarding the Committee's submission to the Review

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Nick Goodwin, Chief Executive of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, dated 10 December 2024 - Publication on the access to justice assessments

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 10 December 2024 - Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Alex Davies-Jones MP, Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, dated 10 December 2024 - The Coroner Service: follow up Inquiry

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Sarah Sackman KC, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 16 December 2024 regarding Revisions to the medical reporting process for road traffic accident claims

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 16 December 2024 - Data and Modelling on sitting days

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending and Sir Nic Dakin MP , Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, dated 13 December 2024 regarding Imprisonment for Public Protection

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Ponsonby, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, dated 16 December 2024 regarding the Government response to the previous Committee’s Inquiry into the constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General, dated 16 December 2024 related to the Appointment of HM Chief Inspector of the CPS

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 11 December 2024 - 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy and Annual Statement on Prison Capacity

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 12 December 2024 - Recruitment campaign for the Independent Public Advocate

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 12 December 2024 - Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Justice Committee
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Ponsonby, Parliamentary Under Secretary Ministry of Justice, dated 13 December 2024 regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom and Poland on Criminal Justice Cooperation

Justice Committee


Select Committee Inquiry
26 Nov 2024
Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending
Justice Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 10 Jan 2025)


The Justice Committee has launched its inquiry into Resettlement and Rehabilitation, which is centred around investigating the cycle of reoffending. 

HM Prison and Probation Service aims to reduce reoffending by rehabilitating the people in its care through education and employment. However, reoffending in England and Wales remains high. For the year ending December 2023, 78% of all offenders cautioned or convicted for an indictable offence in 2023 had at least one prior caution or conviction. 

The Committee has decided to investigate the journey of an offender through the criminal justice system and examine what offer of rehabilitation and resettlement the offender has the ability to engage with, to prevent future reoffending. 

The inquiry sets out to look at what the regime offer is in different prisons and for different prisoner cohorts. It will also look at services in prison and whether they encompass principles of desistance and purposeful activity. The inquiry will also investigate governance in prisons, including staffing and contracting, and to what extent it impacts the ability to deliver rehabilitative services in prison. 

The inquiry will also look at what support is available for ex-offenders’ post-release, and whether there is sufficient join up, data sharing and capacity of these services to deliver effective resettlement services. The inquiry will also consider alternatives to custody, and what impact licence recall conditions have on promoting resettlement, and the role of community sentencing. 

Read the terms of reference for more detail about the inquiry, and to submit evidence. 

17 Dec 2024
Tackling drugs in prisons: supply, demand and treatment
Justice Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 31 Jan 2025)


The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry that will examine the scale and impact of drugs in prisons in England and Wales, including the primary factors driving demand. The inquiry will consider the implications of drug misuse in prisons including safety, security, staffing and prisoner well-being. 

The inquiry will look into the supply of drugs into prisons, the involvement of organised criminal gangs in the distribution and trafficking of drugs in prisons, plus the use of technology including drones and mobile phones in facilitating the process. It will also analyse the effectiveness of current measures to tackle the issue, including drug testing and drug treatment for prisoners, substance-free wings and screening tools.