Select Committee · Justice Committee

The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies

Status: Closed Opened: 20 Jul 2021 Closed: 30 May 2024 12 recommendations 10 conclusions 1 report

Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed. This was a short inquiry examining the constitutional relationship between the UK Government and …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Second Report - The constitutional relationship with the Cr…	HC 30	28 Mar 2024	22	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

19 Recommendation Second Report - The constitutional rela… Accepted in Part

Mandate consultation and consent for all future Permissive Extent Clauses impacting Crown Dependencies.

The inclusion of a Permissive Extent Clause (PEC) in the Fisheries Bill was extremely regrettable and contrary to the constitutional relationship. We do not agree with the Government’s assertion that it was a “legitimate act” and “soundly within the constitutional relationship”, but rather consider it to have been a serious …

Government response. The government agrees that consultation with Crown Dependencies should occur before including a Permissive Extent Clause (PEC) in legislation. However, they reject the Committee's criticism of the PEC in the Fisheries Act 2020 and maintain that PECs do not constitute …

Ministry of Justice

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

Date	Witnesses
15 Nov 2023	Dr Gaynor Jeffery OBE · Department for Business and Trade, Mike Freer MP · Ministry of Justice, Richard Mason · Ministry of Justice, Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Department for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters

Date	Direction	Title
9 Jan 2024	To cttee	Letter from Mike Freer MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 21 Dec…
9 Sep 2021	—	Note prepared by the Government of Guernsey in advance of 7th September evidenc…
9 Sep 2021	To cttee	Letter from the Governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, dated 31 A…