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Justice Committee

23 June 2026

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The committee opens its evidence session, takes declarations of interest, and probes the Attorney General and Solicitor General on their advisory and superintendence functions, use of metrics and legislative standards work, and the rule‑of‑law implications of the Courts and Tribunals Bill, judicial review and judicial appointments before moving to international law issues.

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Opening, law officers’ roles and rule of law

00:04

Opening of session and member declarations

00:04

Attorney General’s role, delegation and law officers’ convention

02:24

Measuring impact, CPS superintendence and legislative standards

05:53

Rule of law agenda and Courts and Tribunals Bill

07:49

Judicial review and appointments, and transition to international law

12:14

International law: use of force, Israel/Palestine and Chagos

19:03

Iran, self-defence and collective self-defence in the Gulf

19:03

ICJ advisory opinion, recognition of Palestine and economic measures

24:19

Public concern, ICJ obligations and rule of law monitoring capacity

33:34

Chagos treaty, Diego Garcia status and national security

42:06

Immigration appeals reform and unduly lenient sentences

44:43

Immigration and Asylum Bill: new appeals body and rule of law

44:43

Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme: test, data and victim reforms

52:04

ULS gaps, youth justice, magistrates’ powers and VAWG cases

01:02:43

AGO remit, SFO superintendence and CPS oversight

01:09:36

Role boundaries of AGO and transition to SFO scrutiny

01:09:36

Serious Fraud Office: disclosure failures, leadership and reform reviews

01:22:23

Superintendence of SFO challenged and CPS performance

01:23:41

Criminal justice governance, inquiries and session close

01:31:53

Criminal justice governance, inquiries and potential prosecutions

01:31:53

Withdrawal from X (Twitter) and session close

01:38:57

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Justice Committee

23 June 2026

Justice Committee Tue, 23 Jun 2026 House of Commons

00:03 - 00:30

Speaker 5

Order, order. Welcome to this afternoon's session of the Justice Select Committee in which the members of the committee will be questioning, taking evidence from the Attorney General, Lord Hermer, and the Solicitor General, Ms. Ellie Reeves. So thank you very much both of you for attending. Before we get into the questions, we need to do our declarations of interest, starting with Warinder Juss.

00:30 - 00:44

Speaker 2

Hello, good afternoon. I'm Warinder Juss, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I'm a solicitor but not practicing. I'm a member of the GMB trade union executive council and a member of various APPGs and my other interests are on the register.

00:44 - 01:00

Speaker 19

Hello, nice to see you both. I am Sarah Russell, I'm Member of Parliament for Congleton. My interests are on the register, but particularly pertinent is the fact that I'm a solicitor with a current practicing certificate although not currently practicing. I'm and I chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Justice.

01:00 - 01:18

Speaker 5

I'm Andy Slaughter, I'm the chair of the committee, the Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Chiswick. I'm a non-practicing barrister and I'm patron of two justice-related charities, the Upper Room for ex-offenders and the Hammersmith Law Centre, and I'm a member of the GMB and Unite trade unions.

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