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Encyclopedia > Constitutional Affairs Committee

The Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee (est. January 2003) of the United Kingdom is a select committee of the House of Commons which looks into the expenditure, policy and administration of the Department for Constitutional Affairs and associated public bodies. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ...


Remits

  • Constitutional Issues, including: Church and State, and Royal matters; relations with the Channel Islands and Isle of Man; electoral law; party funding
  • The Courts and Tribunals (but excluding individual cases)
  • Judicial Matters, including: judicial appointments, training and conduct; appointments to tribunals; appointment of QCs (but excluding individual appointments)
  • Criminal Justice, including: policy and legislation affecting the criminal courts (as distinct from criminal law, which does not fall within this Committee’s remit); international and European matters affecting the criminal courts
  • International Legal Matters
  • Civil Justice and Legal Services Markets, including: legal aid and the Legal Services Commission; private legal services and the Legal Services Ombudsman; civil court procedure and civil law; alternative dispute resolution; law reform and the Law Commission
  • Family Justice and the Vulnerable, including: marriage, divorce and relationship support; international child abduction; mental incapacity; the Public Guardianship Office; the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee; transsexuals

The Committee's remit also covers other departments for which the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (and Lord Chancellor) is responsible to Parliament, namely, the HM Courts Service, HM Land Registry, the Public Record Office, the Northern Ireland Court Service, and the Legal Service Commission. The Committee has also launched an Inquiry into the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... The official portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, who was made Queens Counsel as Justice Minister in 1992. ... Most liberal democracies consider that it is necessary to provide some level of legal aid to persons otherwise unable to afford legal representation. ... The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is an executive non-departmental public body that is responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is YOUR MUM the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support... Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person. ... A mental illness (or emotional disability) is defined by the medical profession as a disorder of the brain that results in a disruption in a persons thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others and to work. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is a United Kingdom cabinet position. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Nearly sixty countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation, which sets rules on governmental secrecy. ...


In March 2006 the committee said it would inquire into party funding and would interview the Labour party's chief fundraiser Lord Levy who had been implicated in the Cash for Peerages scandal. To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Michael Levy, Baron Levy is a millionare and a Labour member of the House of Lords, and a prominent figure in the Labour Friends of Israel. ... Cash for Peerages describes a political scandal in the United Kingdom in March 2006 when several men nominated for peerages by Prime Minister Tony Blair were rejected by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. ...


Present Members

Member Constituency
Rt Hon Alan Beith Chairman Berwick-upon-Tweed
James Brokenshire Hornchurch
David Howarth Cambridge
Barbara Keeley Worsley
Piara Khabra Ealing Southall
Jessica Morden Newport East
Julie Morgan Cardiff North
Andrew Tyrie Chichester
Keith Vaz Leicester East
Dr Alan Whitehead Southampton Test
Jeremy Wright Rugby and Kenilworth

Alan Beith The Right Honourable Alan James Beith April 20, 1943) British politician, and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. ... Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... -1... Hornchurch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... David Howarth David Ross Howarth (born November 10, 1958) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Cambridge. ... Cambridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barbara Keeley is the Labour MP for Worsley. ... Worsley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Piara Singh Khabra (born 20 November 1924) is a British politician, and has been Labour member of Parliament for Ealing Southall since 1992. ... Ealing Southall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Jessica Elizabeth Morden (born May 29, 1968) is the Labour MP for Newport East. ... Newport East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Julie Morgan MP Julie Morgan (November 2, 1944 -) is a Labour politician in Wales. ... Cardiff North (Gogledd Caerdydd in Welsh) is an electoral constituency represented in the UK Parliaments House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales. ... Andrew Guy Tyrie (born 15 January 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Chichester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz known simply as Keith Vaz (born November 26, 1956) is a British politician, and MP for Leicester East for the Labour party. ... Leicester East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead (born 15 September 1950, Isleworth) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Southampton Test is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Jeremy Paul Wright (born October 24, 1972, Taunton) is a British politician. ... Rugby and Kenilworth is a Parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. ...

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