Select Committee · Communications and Digital Committee

Lawfare and free speech

Status: Open Opened: 11 Mar 2022

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
24 Jan 2023 Catrin Evans KC, Juliet Oliver · Solicitors Regulation Authority, Paul Philip · Solicitors Regulation Authority, Professor Chris Frost · National Union of Journalists, Susan Coughtrie · Foreign Policy Centre View ↗
31 Mar 2022 Caroline Kean · Wiggins LLP, Charlie Holt · Greenpeace International, Clare Rewcastle Brown · Sarawak Report, Franz Wild · Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Gill Phillips · Guardian News & Media, Susan Coughtrie · Foreign Policy Centre, Thomas Jarvis · HarperCollins Publishers View ↗

Who gave evidence

11 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Susan Coughtrie · Project Director, Unsafe for Scrutiny Foreign Policy Centre 2
Caroline Kean · Consultation Partner Wiggins LLP 1
Catrin Evans KC 1
Charlie Holt · Legal Counsel, Campaigns and Action Greenpeace International 1
Clare Rewcastle Brown · Editor Sarawak Report 1
Franz Wild · Finance Editor Bureau of Investigative Journalism 1
Gill Phillips · Director of Editorial Legal Services Guardian News & Media 1
Juliet Oliver · General Counsel Solicitors Regulation Authority 1
Paul Philip · Chief Executive Solicitors Regulation Authority 1
Professor Chris Frost · Trustee National Union of Journalists 1
Thomas Jarvis · Legal Director HarperCollins Publishers 1

Correspondence

25 letters
DateDirectionTitle
8 Jul 2026 Response to the Chair from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal S…
16 Jun 2026 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary o…
24 May 2024 To cttee Letter from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regulation Authori…
14 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary…
20 Nov 2023 From cttee Letter to the Chair from Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secretary o…
13 Sep 2023 From cttee Letter to the Chair from Matthew Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Services …
13 Sep 2023 To cttee Response from the Chair to Matthew Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Service…
11 Sep 2023 Response to the Chair from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Reg…
20 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secreta…
19 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regul…
13 Jul 2023 From cttee Letter to the Chair from Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secreta…
21 Apr 2023 Response to the Chair from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Reg…
21 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, Secretary of State for …
20 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister, dated 19 April…
19 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regul…
1 Mar 2023 Response to the Chair from Baroness Penn, Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury,…
8 Feb 2023 From cttee Letter to the Chair from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regul…
26 Jan 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary …
26 Jan 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, da…
22 Nov 2022 From cttee Letter to the Chair from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regul…