Committee

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

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What it does

The Joint Committee on Human Rights consists of twelve members, appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, to examine matters relating to human rights within the United Kingdom, as well as scrutinising every Government Bill for its compatibility with human rights.
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Members

The Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench Chair
Afzal Khan MP Labour Member
Alex Sobel MP Labour (Co-op) Member
Euan Stainbank MP Labour Member
Peter Swallow MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP Conservative Member
The Baroness Hamwee Liberal Democrat Member
The Lord Murray of Blidworth Conservative Member
The Lord Rook OBE Labour Member
The Lord Sewell of Sanderstead CBE Conservative Member
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chakrabarti CBE Labour Member
Tom Gordon MP Liberal Democrat Member

Recent outputs

Correspondence Correspondence to to the Director General National Crime Agency regarding an update on NCA decision on imported cotton, 15 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes Session 24-26 14 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding the NI Troubles Remedial Order and the NI Troubles Bill 9 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education regarding historic forced adoption, 02 July 2026 8 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Supreme Court judgement on the meaning of deprivation of liberty, 8 July 2026 8 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Lord Hanson regarding the National Security (State Threats) Bill, 22 June 2026 26 Jun 2026
Report 1st Report - Draft Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order: Judicial Immunity: Second Report 22 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Children and Families relating to Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England, 17 June 2026 18 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Minister for Migration and Citizenship on the 'visa brake' 18 June 2026 18 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Home Secretary on the National Security (States Threats) Bill, 16 June 2026 16 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Secretary of State for Northern Ireland relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, 28 May 2026 4 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, relating to the Publication of 'Delivering the Children's Social Care Reset' 4 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister of State for Policing Crime relating to Facial Recognition Technology, 11 May 2026 26 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister of State for Women and Equalities relating to appointment of new EHRC Commissioners, 1 May 2026 26 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice relating to Proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Human Rights Act 1988: Judicial Immunity, 18 May 2026 26 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Migration & Citizenship relating to 'Visa Brake', 7 May 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland relating to Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, 21 May 2026 21 May 2026
Attendance statistics Human Rights (Joint Committee) attendance for Session 2024–26, as at 13 February 2026 18 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Kanishka Naranyan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology, 1 April 2026 16 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Chris Elmore MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean, 7 April 2026 16 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to 'Visa Brake', 16 April 2026 16 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chairs of the Education Committee and the Joint Committee on Human Rights to the Secretary of State for Education, 27 March 2026 31 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Microsoft on AI, 16 March 2026 19 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Minister Doughty relating to the Committee's letter to the Prime Minister on the UK-Mauritius agreement, 13 March 2026 19 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, 06 March 2026 19 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to facial recognition technology, 19 March 2026 19 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Lord Timpson relating to the Lay Observers Annual Report, 06 March 2026 12 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Baroness Smith of Malvern relating to the appointment of EHRC commissioners, 19 December 2025 12 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Sarah Sackman KC, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, relating to the review of the SLAPP measure in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, 04 March 2026 12 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Sarah Jones, Minister of State for Policing and Crime relating to concealing identity at a designated protest, 04 March 2026 12 Mar 2026

Source: the official committee page.