Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Constitution Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 18 Feb 2022 Closed: 20 Jul 2023 Parliament page
The Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers (the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland) are Government ministers with particular constitutional and legal responsibilities (notably, in upholding the rule of law). This inquiry will focus on how these roles currently operate and how they have evolved since the … Read more
1 Report
9 Oral sessions
9 Events
Activity timeline 20 events
17 Mar
2023
Report published
18 Jan
2023
Report published
7 Sep
2022
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
6 Jul
2022
Oral evidence
6 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
22 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
22 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
8 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
8 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
25 May
2022
Oral evidence
25 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 9 sessions
7 Sep 2022
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The Rt Hon Jack Straw · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
6 Jul 2022
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The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC · Attorney General's Office The Rt Hon. the Lord Garnier KC · Attorney General's Office
22 Jun 2022
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The Rt Hon David Gauke · Independent Sentencing Review The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC · Ministry of Justice
8 Jun 2022
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT · Lord Chancellor's Department
25 May 2022
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Judge · Judiciary of England and Wales The Rt Hon. the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd · Judiciary of England and Wales
27 Apr 2022
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Keen of Elie KC · Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
23 Mar 2022
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Sir Jonathan Jones QC (Hon) · Linklaters LLP Sir Richard Heaton · Ministry of Justice
16 Mar 2022
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Dr Conor Casey · School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool Dr Conor McCormick · School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
9 Mar 2022
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Dr Patrick O'Brien · School of Law, Oxford Brookes University Professor Graham Gee · School of Law, University of Sheffield