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Following a pre-appointment hearing, we've endorsed the appointment of Monisha Shah as Chair of the Legal Services Board.
The @LSB_EngandWal is an independent body overseeing the regulation of the legal profession in England and Wales.
We're taking evidence on the Courts and Tribunals Bill on 17 March.
Watch from 2.30pm on YouTube 🔴: youtube.com/live/NGRh1r9T4…
Discussion will focus on the Government’s planned structural changes to the operation of the Criminal Courts in England and Wales.
Following a pre-appointment hearing, we've endorsed the appointment of Richard Blakeway as Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC).
The OLC is charged with overseeing the set up and running of the @Legal_Ombudsman.
Read the report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmse…
We're looking for written submissions to inform our scrutiny of the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
The deadline for sending written submissions is on 11 March. We're looking for information on any of the clauses in the Bill.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/9654/legi…
We want your views for our new inquiry on children and young adults in the secure estate ⬇️
The deadline for written submissions is on 13 March: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…
Is the youth estate suitable for children and young adults?
Our new inquiry will examine key areas, including:
- mental health support
- violence, safety and disorder
- transitions to adult custody
Send us your views to help inform our work: committees.parliament.uk/committee/102/…
We'll examine the legal services market, regulation and litigation funding in a public hearing at 2.30pm on 24 February.
Our inquiry on access to justice is looking at the effects of restrictions on the provision of legal aid.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/26563/fo…
We've received a letter from @sarahsackman about the Government's criminal court reforms following her oral evidence hearing on 13 January.
The letter confirms that the reforms would apply to those cases in the existing caseload.
Read the letter in full: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
We've put forward several questions to the Justice Secretary @DavidLammy about the Government’s proposed reforms to the criminal courts in England and Wales.
Read the letter in full: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
During this week's Access to Justice inquiry evidence session, Professor Linda Mulcahy of @UniofOxford outlines that a lot more work needs to be done by the Government on the design of its Interest on Lawyers' Client Accounts (ILCA) scheme to ensure it is evidence based ⬇️
We have published correspondence from Sir Brian Leveson in which he indicates that the potential time saving from judge-only Crown Court trials could be 50% rather than the 20% set out in Part 1 of his review.
Read the letter in full: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
We will examine the issues of funding, legal advice and digitalisation during the second evidence session of our inquiry on Access to Justice.
Tuesday 10 February, 2.30pm
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An alarming reduction in prison education risks jeopardising prison rehabilitation.
The Government has responded to our report on ending the cycle of reoffending and revealed a 25% national reduction in Core Education across prisons.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/102/…
Rosie Brown, Chief Executive at COOK and Chair of the Ministry of Justice's National Oversight Board for Employment, details her experience of employing ex-offenders through the RAW Talent Programme ⬇️
We recently visited @hmyoifeltham where we spoke to staff and prisoners about our work on children and young adults in the Secure Estate.
Send us your views - our inquiry is currently accepting written submissions until 13 March: committees.parliament.uk/work/9543/chil…
We're discussing the topics of helping offenders into employment and criminal records reform as part of our inquiry on rehabilitation and resettlement.
Find out more about the public hearing and watch at 2.30pm on 27 January: committees.parliament.uk/event/26277/fo…
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