Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP
Biography
Alex Norris was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 20 July 2026. He was previously Minister of State at the Home Office between 6 September 2025 and 20 July 2026.
He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government between 9 July 2024 and 6 September 2025.
He has been the MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley (and its predecessor Nottingham North) since June 2017.
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
- Oversight of all justice portfolios, policy, and Ministry of Justice strategy
- Oversight of cross-cutting emergency issues, responses supported by other ministers according to portfolio
- Oversight of international business and future relations with the EU
- MOJ support for the Union
- Resourcing of the department
- Functions of the Lord Chancellor
- Judicial policy including pay, pensions and diversity (these and other operational decisions affecting the judiciary are reserved to the Lord Chancellor)