Crime, civil law, justice and rights

The Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee has written to the leadership of Parc prison, raising concerns about reports that prison officers sent messages joking about violence towards prisoners.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights will question the Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC on the work of the Attorney General’s Office.

In January, the Government announced that Tom Crowther KC would develop a framework for locally led, victim centred, inquiries into child sexual exploitation. He chaired the Independent Inquiry into Telford Child Exploitation between 2019 and 2022.

Minister for Prisons questioned by Committee

Bill returns to Commons for consideration of Lords amendments. Catch up

Following a one-off evidence session with the science minister, Lord Patrick Vallance, the Committee’s chair, Chi Onwurah, wrote to the minister to request further information on the diversity of the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s workforce.

Public Services Committee publishes its report Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts

Ten years after it became law, the Home Affairs Committee will examine the impact of the Modern Slavery Act in an evidence session on Tuesday 25 March.

Lords discussed the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. Catch up

Members discussed impact of criminal case delays on evidence, victims and fair proceedings. Catch up

A new Transport Committee report uncovers the harsh daily reality experienced by disabled people when using transport services

The Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a statement in response to the Israeli air strikes in Gaza.

The Justice Committee will hear from the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales, plus his deputy, during the first evidence session in Parliament on Tuesday, 18 March of its new inquiry into the Work of the County Court.