The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies

Justice Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 20 Jul 2021 Closed: 30 May 2024 Parliament page
Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed. This was a short inquiry examining the constitutional relationship … Read more
12 Recommendations
10 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
19 Dec
2024
Report published
28 Mar
2024
Report published
9 Jan
2024
Correspondence
15 Nov
2023
Oral evidence
15 Nov
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
23 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
9 Sep
2021
Correspondence
9 Sep
2021
Correspondence
7 Sep
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
15 Nov 2023
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Dr Gaynor Jeffery OBE · Department for Business and Trade Mike Freer MP · Ministry of Justice Richard Mason · Ministry of Justice Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Department for Business and Trade Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - The constitutional relationship with the Crown D… HC 30 28 Mar 2024 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
1 Conclusion Rejected
Second Report - The constitutional…
Establish more regular contact and routine meetings between senior MoJ officials and Crown Dependencies.
There is a very positive working relationship between the Crown Dependencies and the Ministry of Justice. Engagement has clearly improved in recent years with both planned and spontaneous contact and communications taking place much more frequently between officials, the Minister … Read more
Government Response
The government rejected the recommendation for more regular, proactively offered meetings between senior Ministry of Justice officials and their Crown Dependency counterparts, stating that meeting attendance should be based on relevance and need rather than seniority.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 12 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 5
Rejected 1
Total 12 recs + 10 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
9 Jan 2024 To committee Letter from Mike Freer MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 21 December 2023 regarding the Constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies
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9 Sep 2021 Note prepared by the Government of Guernsey in advance of 7th September evidence session
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9 Sep 2021 To committee Letter from the Governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, dated 31 August 2021, on relations between the UK and the Crown Dependencies
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