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Catherine Atkinson wins election to chair the Justice Select Committee
The Labour MP for Derby North took more than half of the first-preference votes, giving her a key role in scrutinising the Government’s record on prisons and probation.
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MPs warn shrinking legal aid risks miscarriages of justice
The Justice Committee says more people are representing themselves in court and urges the Government to make restoring legal aid an urgent priority.
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Justice Committee opens inquiry into youth custody and young offender institutions
MPs will examine violence, education and mental health care across the youth secure estate, and are inviting evidence from the public and from people in prison.
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Justice Committee chair says Government response on prison drugs is “not enough”
Ministers have fully accepted eight of the Justice Select Committee’s 29 recommendations on drugs in prisons, rejecting two and partially accepting the other 19.