Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Responsibilities
Lord Bellamy’s responsibilities are:
Minister in the House of Lords
- MoJ business in the House of Lords (excluding Criminal Legal Aid)
- EU Retained Law policy
- Private International Law
- Legal Aid – (ex criminal)
- Constitution
- Human Rights
- Judicial Review
- Devolution and the Union
- Judicial Policy
- Civil Justice
- Modern Justice System: Legal Support; Dispute Resolution
- Tribunals Policy
- Court Recovery – Civil, Family, Tribunal
- Family Justice and Marriage and Divorce
- HMCTS admin and performance in FT
- Illegal Migration (Lords)
Current role holder
Lord Bellamy KC
Lord (Christopher) Bellamy KC was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice on 7 June 2022.
Prior to this, his legal career focussed on European, competition and regulatory law. He was a judge of (what is now) the General Court of the European Union 1992-1999, and then President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) until 2007. He then worked with Linklaters LLP, later chairing their global competition practice. He re-joined Monckton Chambers in 2020 as a door tenant, focussing on mediation and arbitration.
In 2020-2021, he chaired the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid (CLAIR).