Justice and Home Affairs Committee
2 September 2026
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Justice and Home Affairs Committee House of Lords
00:00 - 00:58
Speaker 1
Just apologize while we go through it. Order, order, the meeting is now being recorded and public proceedings are beginning. And welcome everybody to this very first public evidence session on support for jurors, an inquiry we've been looking forward to and know that there's quite a lot of good ideas out there based on much of the evidence we've already received in writing. And we're grateful to both of our current witnesses for already having written to us. As I explained earlier, we may well go over some of the points that you've raised, but that gives us an opportunity to sort of have further questions about points you may have made.
But before we begin, can I ask you each to just introduce yourself if you'd like? And are you happy to be just called by your first names? That'd be great. Okay, please, would you like to start off?
00:58 - 01:26
Speaker 6
Yeah, so my name is Dr. Hannah Fawcett. I'm a senior lecturer in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, and I've spent the last 20 years researching jury service, juror decision-making, and juror well-being and the impact of jury service on well-being. And myself and Matt are the founders of Juror Appreciation Week in England and Wales.
01:26 - 01:52
Speaker 2
So yes, good morning, my name is Dr. Matt Brooks. I'm also a senior lecturer in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. I've had experience, well, research and expertise in trauma for about the past eight years, and also resilience and strengths-based approaches to well-being in helping people recover from trauma. And I've been working with Hannah for the past probably five years or so on this juror project.
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