Courts and tribunals fees and charges inquiry

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 20 July 2015 to 12 May 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 2nd Report - Criminal courts charge (20 November 2015)
• 2nd Special Report - Criminal courts charge: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-16 (11 December 2015)
• 2nd Report - Courts and tribunals fees (20 June 2016)
• Courts and Tribunals Fees: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report of session 2016-17 (10 November 2016)

Evidence sessions

• 27 October 2015: Frances Crook, Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform, Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation, Ben Summerskill, Director, Criminal Justice Alliance, Penelope Gibbs, Transform Justice; Richard Monkhouse, Chairman, Magistrates Association, and Malcolm Richardson, Deputy Chairman, Magistrates Association.
• 17 November 2015: (1) Rosalind Bragg, Maternity Action, Rebecca Hilsenrath, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Sybille Raphael, Working Families, and Emma Wilkinson, Citizens Advice; (2) Kate Booth, Eaton Smith LLP, Sally Brett, TUC, Stephen Cavalier, Thompsons Solicitors, and Shantha David, Unison; (3) James Potts, Peninsula Business Services Ltd, and Michael Mealing, Federation of Small Businesses.
• 9 December 2015: Sarah Crowther, South Eastern Circuit and Alice Hardy, Police Action Lawyers Group; Derek Bambury, Forum of Insurance Lawyers and Anthony Abrahams, Director General, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Jo Edwards, Chair, Resolution and Carita Thomas, Co-convenor, Legal Aid Working Group, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
• 26 January 2016: Rt Hon Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, Rt Hon Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals
• 9 February 2016: Chantal-Aimée Doerries, Chair, the Bar Council, Michael Clancy, Director of Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland, Jonathan Smithers, President, Law Society of England and WalesShailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid