Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Organisations: Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities

• Criminal law & justice
• Legal Aid
• Commons shadow for Lord Wolfson QC
• Court & tribunal transparency
• Mental capacity, neurodiversity & Office of the Public Guardian
• Race disparity
• Victims & Witnesses
• SIs​

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP

   2020 to 2021

Announcements

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• Domestic Abuse Bill 2020: letter from ministers to Jess Phillips MP
  • 03 February 2022
  • Correspondence
• Prisoners building LED lights in green prisons push
  • 24 August 2021
  • Press release
• Crime cutting prison scheme expanded
  • 19 August 2021
  • Press release
• Thousands of new solar panels helping prisons go green
  • 18 August 2021
  • Press release
• One thousand probation officers recruited to protect the public
  • 03 June 2021
  • Press release
• £200 million investment in rehab services to cut crime
  • 20 May 2021
  • Press release
• Extra £40m to help victims during pandemic and beyond
  • 01 February 2021
  • Press release
• £3.1 million for support to those representing themselves in court
  • 21 January 2021
  • News story
• Child Trust Fund court fees waived for parents
  • 01 December 2020
  • Press release
• New courtroom protections for vulnerable victims available nationwide
  • 23 November 2020
  • Press release

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