Justice Committee
3 November 2026
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Justice Committee House of Commons
Follow its sittings00:07 - 01:00
Speaker 2
Order. Welcome to the session of the Justice Committee. This session has been designed to provide the committee with evidence about how we improve the way we learn from inquests. For our first panel, we will be hearing from three witnesses with lived experience of inquest: Johnny Santer, Richard Caseby and Dr Kate Shimankiewicz. Nearly got there.
For our second panel, we'll be hearing from Deborah Coles, Executive Director of INQUEST, and Dr Georgia Richards, the founder and director of the Preventable Deaths Tracker. But before we begin our questions, I'm going to ask members of the committee to briefly introduce themselves and make any declarations of interest. Can I start with Sir Ashley?
01:00 - 01:08
Speaker 4
Good afternoon. I'm Ashley Fox, the Member of Parliament for Bridgwater. I'm a former solicitor and my interests are on the register.
01:08 - 01:29
Speaker 28
Good afternoon, I'm Neil Shastri-Hurst, I'm the Member of Parliament for Solihull West and Shirley. Prior to coming to this place, I was a barrister who undertook a large number of inquests as part of my work. I was also a medical clinician working in Birmingham for a period of time at a number of hospitals, albeit not in the field of psychiatry.
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