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

1 Conclusion Second Report - The constitutional rela… Rejected

Establish more regular contact and routine meetings between senior MoJ officials and Crown Dependencies.

There is a very positive working relationship between the Crown Dependencies and the Ministry of Justice. Engagement has clearly improved in recent years with both planned and spontaneous contact and communications taking place much more frequently between officials, the Minister and the Lord Chancellor. More regular contact should be established …

Government response. The government rejected the recommendation for more regular, proactively offered meetings between senior Ministry of Justice officials and their Crown Dependency counterparts, stating that meeting attendance should be based on relevance and need rather than seniority.

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…