The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider human rights issues in the United Kingdom.[1]
Membership
As of December 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:[2][3]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Harman (Chair) | Labour | ||
| Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | Lords | |
| Joanna Cherry | Scottish National | ||
| Lord Dholakia | Liberal Democrat | Lords | |
| Lord Henley | Conservative | Lords | |
| Caroline Johnson | Conservative | ||
| Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | Labour | Lords | |
| Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon | Labour | Lords | |
| Baroness Meyer | Conservative | Lords | |
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Labour | ||
| Jill Mortimer | Conservative | ||
| David Simmonds | Conservative | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Role - Joint Committee on Human Rights". UK Parliament.
- ↑ "Human Rights (Joint Committee) - membership". UK Parliament.
- ↑ "Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Tuesday 5 December 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
That Angela Richardson be discharged from the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Jill Mortimer be added.— (Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection).
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