Helen will be working in several areas of policy and debate on a national level, including Justice, the Home office, Women, Children, Families and the Armed Forces.
Helen will be working in several areas of policy and debate on a national level, including Justice, the Home office, Women, Children, Families and the Armed Forces.
Helen is one of five Conservative MPs serving on the 12 member Commons Justice Select Committee. The Committee scrutinises the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, it examines the work of the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service and reviews draft Sentencing Guidelines issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council. The committee decides upon its own lines of inquiry, gathers written and oral evidence and reports its findings to the Commons. The government, usually, then has 60 days to reply to any recommendations.
Prior to the summer recess the Committee has sat on three occasions, most recently taking evidence from Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke.
In terms of what the Committee will be reviewing in the coming year:
Helen is a member of the Parliamentary Support team for the Home office and will be working on a range of issues relevant to that department in support of Home Secretary Theresa May, who is also the minister for Women and Equalities.
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