Human Rights (Joint Committee)
22 April 2026
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Human Rights (Joint Committee) House of Lords
00:02 - 02:35
Speaker 1
Order. Order. Welcome to the fiftieth meeting of the Joint Committee of Human Rights in this session. And as we reach our half century, I'd like to remind anyone who's interested in our proceedings, and I see from the full gallery today that there are a lot of people interested. We publish all our previous reports as well as details about our current inquiries on our website.
So reports in the last year on things like transnational repression, on supply chain transparency in modern day slavery, and the role of British citizens who were recruited to Daesh and who were involved in genocide in Northern Iraq against Yazidis and other minor ities, and none of whom have been brought to justice. There in our reports from the last twelve months, we're currently involved in three thematic require inquiries. One is on AI and human rights. One is on children in social care and human rights, and one is in the area of human rights in security, safety, and protest. But today, we return to our current legislative inquiry into the Northern Ireland troubles bill.
We have two colleagues from the House of Lords from the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee who are guesting with us today. Its chair is lord Carlyle, Casey Alex Carlyle, and Baroness O'Lone, Nullar O'Lone, who was the first police ombudsman in Northern Ireland. You're both very welcome. This is a public evidence session, and an opportunity to explore the human rights implications of the Northern Ireland troubles bill in light of the written and oral evidence which the committee has already received and which has been published. Our principal witness today is the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, the right honorable Hillary Benn.
He is joined by his departmental colleague from the House of Lords Baroness Anderson, and also by Simon Carter, who's the deputy director of Legacy Northern Ireland office, and Philip Shaw at the Northern Ireland office, legal adviser. Hillary Ben, member of parliament, was appointed secretary of state for Northern Ireland on the 07/05/2024. He was elected as member of parliament for Leeds Central in 1999 and is now the member of parliament for Leeds South. During the last Labour government, he served as a minister in the home office, as secretary of state for international development, and a secretary of state for environment, food, and rural affairs. Since 2010, in opposition, he served as shadow leader of the House of Commons, the shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, and the shadow foreign secretary.
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