Crime, civil law, justice and rights

Criminal Justice Bill: call for evidence

Members discuss draft law to regulate safe rollout of self-driving vehicles in Great Britain.

The cross-party committee of MPs wants to find out more about the different types of fraud that people are experiencing in the UK

Members discuss calls to ratify 1932-1933 famine as mass murder. Find out more

The Justice Committee has launched a new inquiry into probate, the legal term for sorting out a will, amid concerns over delays in processing applications.

Members discuss draft law to update UK's investigatory framework in face of emerging threats. Catch up.

Members discuss small businesses and trail costs as anti-fraud bill set to become law. Catch up

New inquiry: Justice Committee launches new inquiry on the work of the County Court amid capacity and resource concerns

The Committee calls on Government and Parliament to identify where there may be genuine and sustained gaps between sentencing policy and public opinion

Committee launches new inquiry examining the use of pre-recorded cross-examination

MPs to debate knife crime

There are a “growing number” of unresolved cases in the Official Injury Claim Service portal, the Justice Committee warns

The Government has rejected calls by MPs to introduce a statutory definition of so-called honour-based abuse, despite warnings that it risks remaining a hidden crime without improved understanding of its complexities

Fraud is the most common crime in England and Wales, accounting for 40% of all offences

Reform law and expand treatment options to tackle cost of drugs on society – Home Affairs Committee finds