Select committee: Justice Committee

Work of the Attorney General and the Solicitor General

Open Opened 9 Feb 2023

Where it stands

The inquiry is open, opened 9 February 2023.

The committee has not published a report yet.

3 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
23 Jun 2026	Oral evidence session Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP · Solicitor General, The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC · Attorney General's Office	View ↗
15 Jan 2025	Oral evidence session Lucy Rigby, The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC	View ↗
21 Feb 2023	Oral evidence session Michael Tomlinson KC MP · Home Office, Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP · Attorney General's Office	View ↗

6 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Lucy Rigby	Not recorded	1
Michael Tomlinson KC MP · Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration	Home Office	1
Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP · Solicitor General	Solicitor General	1
Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP · Attorney General	Attorney General's Office	1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC · Attorney General for England and Wales	Attorney General's Office	1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC	Not recorded	1

1 letter

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Published	Direction	Letter
8 Sep 2026	Not recorded	Correspondence from The Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, former Attorney General and The Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP, former Solicitor General, dated 20 July 2026: Follow-up to the oral evidence session held on 23 June 2026