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Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill - Publications

Committee publications include Reports and associated evidence, Responses to Reports, oral and written evidence that has yet to be associated with a Report (this includes transcripts of recent evidence sessions), correspondence and other material related to the work of the Committee.



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    A Session is a parliamentary year. Following the 2011 Fixed-term Parliament Act Sessions typically begin in May and run for 12 months.

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    Select committees conduct inquiries and produce reports on a range of matters, from the conduct of Government to specialist subject areas.

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    • Reports and associated evidence – Reports of Committee inquires. This category may also include Special Reports where they are used by a Committee to bring matters relating to conduct of its business to the notice of the House.
    • Responses to Reports - Responses may be published as a Special Report, or as a Command Paper. They may also be appended to a Report should the Committee have substantial comments on the Response, in which case they can be found listed under Reports.
    • Other oral and written evidence - Evidence taken by the Committee that has yet to or did not result in the publication of a Report. This includes transcripts of recent meetings.
    • Correspondence - Correspondence sent from or received by the Committee or its Chair.

Oral evidence

  • Oral Evidence - 10 July 2013 (PDF)Published 30 July 2013

    Professor Sir Francis Jacobs, Professor of Law, King's College London; Dr Cormac Behan, Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Sheffield; Professor Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law, University of Nottingham; Professor Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford; Professor Mike Hough, Professor of Criminal Policy and Co-Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy, Birkbeck University of London.

  • Oral Evidence - 3 July 2013 (PDF)Published 08 July 2013

    Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC; Lord Goldsmith QC; Dominic Raab MP; Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Senior Consultant on Constitutional Affairs for Policy Exchange.

  • Oral Evidence - 26 June 2013 (PDF)Published 01 July 2013

    Lord Ramsbotham; Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy for JUSTICE; Nuala Mole, Founder and Senior Lawyer of the Aire Centre; Aidan O'Neill QC; Lord Faulks QC.

  • Oral Evidence - 19 June 2013 (PDF)Published 24 June 2013

    Juliet Lyon CBE, Director of Prison Reform Trust; Sorcha Daly, Specialist Contracts Manager for Women in Prison; Mark Johnson, CEO of User Voice.

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