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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Role of the magistracy inquiry

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 5 November 2015 to 3 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 22 March 2016: Penelope Gibbs, Transform Justice, and Peter Dawson, Deputy Director, Prison Reform Trust; Jo King, Executive Chair, and Alwyn Lloyd Ellis, member, National Bench Chairmen’s Forum (at 10.30am).
  • 10 May 2016: Luke Rigg JP, Richard Goold JP, Nicola Silverleaf JP; and Dr Jenifer Harding JP, Christine Holmes JP, Simon Wolfensohn JP
  • 7 June 2016: Malcolm Richardson JP, Chair, and Sheena Jowett JP, Deputy Chair, Magistrates' Association; The Rt Hon Lord Justice Fulford, Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, and Senior District Judge Howard Riddle, Chief Magistrate (at 10.25am); Shailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid, Ministry of Justice (at 11.05am).