Office of Lord Chancellor inquiry

Inquiry by the Constitution Committee, 26 June 2014 to 26 June 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Office of Lord Chancellor - Evidence (Corrected oral and written evidence taken on the inquiry into the office of Lord Chancellor) (2 December 2014)
• 6th Report - The office of Lord Chancellor (11 December 2014)
• HM Government response to the Committee's report on the office of Lord Chancellor (27 February 2015)

Evidence sessions

• 16 July 2014: Mr Graham Gee, lecturer, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Professor of Constitutional Justice, University of Essex, and Dr Patrick O’Brien, Research Associate, University College London
• 23 July 2014: Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor, 1987–97, and Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Master of the Rolls, 2000–05; Lord Chief Justice, 2005–08; Senior Law Lord then President of the Supreme Court, 2008–12
• 30 July 2014: Lord Hope of Craighead, Second Senior Law Lord then Deputy President of the Supreme Court, 2009-13; Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 2008-13; and Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls, 1996-2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 2000-05
• 15 October 2014: Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, and Ms Rosemary Davies, Legal Director, Ministry of Justice
• 22 October 2014: Sir Alex Allan KCB and Sir Thomas Legg KCB. Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP and Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton.
• 29 October 2014: Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP and Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC. Rt Hon Jack Straw MP.