Select committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Home Office oral evidence session

Closed Opened 11 Oct 2021 Closed 12 Oct 2021

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 11 October 2021.

The committee has not published a report yet.

3 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
8 Jul 2025	Oral evidence session Richard Clarke · Home Office, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper · Home Office, Simon Ridley · Home Office	View ↗
21 Dec 2022	Oral evidence session Matthew Rycroft CBE · Home Office, Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC · Home Office	View ↗
27 Oct 2021	Oral evidence session Rt Hon Priti Patel MP · Home Office, Tricia Hayes CB · Home Office	View ↗

7 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Matthew Rycroft CBE · Permanent Secretary	Home Office	1
Richard Clarke · Director General, Public Safety Group	Home Office	1
Rt Hon Priti Patel MP · Home Secretary	Home Office	1
Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC · Home Secretary	Home Office	1
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper · Home Secretary	Home Office	1
Simon Ridley · Second Permanent Secretary	Home Office	1
Tricia Hayes CB · Second Permanent Secretary	Home Office	1

5 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
24 Jul 2025	Not recorded	Letter dated 24 July 2025 from Simon Ridley, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Border Force staffing and retention.
24 Jul 2025	Not recorded	Letter dated 22 July 2025 from Seema Malhotra MP, Minister for Migration & Citizenship, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee setting out further details of the Government’s ongoing work with the EU on the European Entry/Exit System (EES) and the UK's Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Scheme.
1 Aug 2024	Not recorded	Letter dated 1 August 2024 from Lord Foster of Bath, Chair of Justice and Home Affairs Committee to the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Home Secretary, regarding Committee activity and inviting her to appear before them.
1 Mar 2023	Not recorded	Letter dated 27 February 2023 from the Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, in response to questions raised at the Committee's meeting of 21 December 2022
22 Oct 2021	Not recorded	Letter dated 22 October 2021 from Baroness Hamwee, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee, to the Rt Hon Priti Patel, Home Secretary regarding the forthcoming evidence session and specifically, Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)