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Formal Minutes House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014–15 The Home Affairs Committee The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies. Current membership Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester East) (Chair) Ian Austin MP (Labour, Dudley North) Nicola Blackwood MP (Conservative, Oxford West and Abingdon) James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere) Michael Ellis MP (Conservative, Northampton North) Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West) Lorraine Fullbrook MP (Conservative, South Ribble) Dr Julian Huppert MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge) Tim Loughton MP (Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham) Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour, Bolton South East) Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North) The following Members were also members of the Committee during the parliament. Steve McCabe MP (Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak) Rt Hon Alun Michael (Labour & Co-operative, Cardiff South and Penarth) Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South) Mark Reckless MP (UK Independence Party, Rochester and Strood) Chris Ruane MP (Labour, Vale of Clwyd) Karl Turner MP (Labour, Kingston upon Hull East) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Tom Healey (Clerk), John-Paul Flaherty (Second Clerk), Duma Langton (Committee Specialist), Ruth Martin (Committee Specialist), Andy Boyd (Senior Committee Assistant), Iwona Hankin (Committee Support Officer) and Alex Paterson (Select Committee Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2049; the Committee’s email address is [email protected]. 2 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014-15 Proceedings of the Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 10 June 2014 Keith Vaz, in the Chair Ian Austin Paul Flynn Nicola Blackwood Mark Reckless James Clappison David Winnick Michael Ellis 1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee visit Washington DC and Baltimore, in connection with its inquiry into Gangs and youth crime. Resolved, That the Committee hold a training session for Parliamentarians on visiting places of detention for irregular migrants and asylum seekers, at the proposal of the Migration Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 2. Gangs and youth crime The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Gangs and youth crime be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Kirsty Varley; National Children's Bureau; Centre for Mental Health; David Bethom; Damian Allain; Children's Commissioner for England; Greater Manchester Police; London Youth; XLP; Safer London Foundation; London Borough of Lambeth; Msunderstood Partnership UK; Catch22 Dawes Unit; Manchester Gang Research Network; London Borough of Hackney, Safer Communities and Young Hackney; Whitney Iles; Dave Thompson QPM, Deputy Chief Constable, West Midlands Police; Independent Police Complaints Commission; Wales Probation; Amanda Wood; 4Children; Home Office; Paul Kassman, Director of Urban Acumen CiC; Metropolitan Police; Police Federation of England and Wales; and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (GYC 01-27). [GYC number 26 is unreported] Edward Boyd, Centre for Social Justice, and Sheldon Thomas, Gangsline, gave oral evidence. 3. The work of the Metropolitan Police The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the work of the Metropolitan Police be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 2 June 2014. Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence. Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014-15 3 4. Policing and mental health Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Policing and mental health be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Home Office; Royal College of Physicians; and INQUEST (PMH 39-42). [PMH number 41 is unreported] 5. The work of the Immigration Directorates Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates Q4 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas & Immigration Directorate, 14 May 2014; Letter from James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, 15 May 2014; Letter from Kash Chaudry, Regional Director Africa, Home Office, 15 May 2014; and Letter from Andy Smith, Account Director, United Kingdom, SITA, 6 June 2014. [Adjourned till Wednesday 11 June 2014 at 3.00 p.m.] 4 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014-15 Wednesday 11 June 2014 Keith Vaz, in the Chair Ian Austin Lorraine Fullbrook James Clappison Dr Julian Huppert Michael Ellis Mark Reckless Paul Flynn 1. Tobacco smuggling The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (Tobacco smuggling), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 200. 2. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. [Adjourned till Tuesday 17 June 2014 at 2.30 p.m.] Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014-15 5 Tuesday 17 June 2014 Keith Vaz, in the Chair Ian Austin Lorraine Fullbrook Nicola Blackwood Yasmin Qureshi Michael Ellis Mark Reckless Paul Flynn David Winnick 1. The work of HM Passport Office The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of HM Passport Office be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Paula Vennells, Chief Executive, Post Office, 17 June 2014 Mike Jones, Home Office group secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS); Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, and Registrar General for England and Wales, gave oral evidence. 2. Radicalisation in schools The Committee considered this matter. Lee Donaghy, Assistant Principal, Park View School, Birmingham; Mark Rogers, Chief Executive, and Cllr Brigid Jones, Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services, Birmingham City Council, gave oral evidence. 3. Female genital mutilation Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Female genital mutilation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Norman Baker MP, Minister for Crime Prevention, 12 June 2014; Letter from Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, 10 June 2014 (FGM 58-59). 4. Policing and mental health Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Policing and mental health be reported to the House for publication on the internet: David Mery supplementary (PMH 43). [Adjourned till Tuesday 24 June 2014 at 2.30 p.m.] 6 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2014-15 Tuesday 24 June 2014 Keith Vaz, in the Chair Ian Austin Dr Julian Huppert Michael Ellis David Winnick 1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 2. Consideration of Special Report: Leadership and standards in the police: follow–up: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2013–14 Draft Special Report (Leadership and standards in the police: follow–up: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2013–14), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Tenth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2013–14, was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 6. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2013 Q4) The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2013 Q4) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Cristel Amiss, Project co-ordinator, Black Women's Rape Action Project, 19 June 2014; Letter from Chris Hobbs, 20 June 2014; Letter from Harriet Wistrich, 23 June 2014; and Survey responses from Registrars of England & Wales, 24 June 2014. John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration; Jonathan Kershner, Registration and Coroner Services Manager, Manchester Register Office, and Alicja Gilroy, Superintendent Registrar, Oxford Register Office; Dr Bob McGuiness, Chief Executive of the UK Central Government Division, Serco, and James Thorburn, Managing Director, Home Affairs, Serco; Peter Neden, Regional President UK & Ireland, G4S, and Jerry Petherick, Managing Director, Custodial and Detention Services, G4S, gave oral evidence. 7. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised
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