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House of Commons

Home Affairs Committee

Formal Minutes

Session 2015–16

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 (Chair, Labour, Leicester East) Victoria Atkins MP (Conservative, Louth and Horncastle) James Berry MP (Conservative, Kingston and Surbiton) Mr David Burrowes MP (Conservative, Enfield, Southgate) Nusrat Ghani MP (Conservative, Wealden) Mr Ranil Jayawardena MP (Conservative, North East Hampshire) Tim Loughton MP (Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham) Stuart C. McDonald MP (Scottish National Party, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East) Naz Shah MP (Labour, Bradford West) Mr Chuka Umunna MP (Labour, Streatham) Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North) * Naz Shah informed the Committee on 3 May 2016 that she would attend no further

committee meetings or participate in any committee activities until matters involving her,

relating to allegations of anti-Semitism, had been resolved. The following Members were also members of the Committee during the parliament. Keir Starmer MP (Labour, Holborn and St Pancras) Anna Turley MP (Labour, Redcar)

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 Carol Oxborough (Clerk), Phil Jones, (Second Clerk), Peter Stam (Committee Specialist), Kunal Mundul (Committee Specialist), Andy Boyd (Senior Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (Committee Assistant) and Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Select Committee Media Officer).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2049; the Committee’s email address is [email protected].

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Proceedings of the Home Affairs Committee

Tuesday 14 July 2015

Keith Vaz, in the Chair

Victoria Atkins Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton

Stuart C. McDonald Keir Starmer Anna Turley

1. Declaration of interests

Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).

2. Formal Resolutions relating to the Committee’s business

Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the Committee orders otherwise. Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 7 September 2015, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication. Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorized to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee orders otherwise. Resolved, That the Committee shall not consider individual cases. Resolved, That Kiki Roberts, Research Assistant to the Chair, be authorised to attend meetings of the Committee.

3. Future programme

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into psychoactive substances. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into policing. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into immigration – skill shortages. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Mediterranean migration. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into counter-radicalisation.

4. Travel in a representative capacity Ordered, That the Chair and Stuart C. McDonald have leave to visit Brussels for the

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European Parliament conference on migration, in September 2015, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit. Ordered, That a Committee member have leave to visit Washington DC for the Inter-Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum in October 2015, in a representative capacity.

5. Police Information Notices

Ordered, that the written evidence relating to Police Information Notices be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Karen Bradley MP, Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation, re Government Response to Police Information Notices Report, 9 July 2015.

6. The work of the Home Office

Ordered, that the written evidence relating to the work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication: Home Office Main Estimate 2015-16 Explanatory Memorandum, 26 June 2015.

7. Immigration: the situation in Calais The Committee considered this matter. Alan Pughsley QPM, Chief Constable, Kent Police; Richard Burnett, Chief Executive, Road Haulage Association, James Hookham, Deputy Chief Executive, Freight Transport Association, and John Keefe, Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel; and Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 July at 3.15 p.m.


Tuesday 21 July 2015


Victoria Atkins James Berry Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena

Tim Loughton Stuart C. McDonald Keir Starmer Anna Turley Mr David Winnick

1. Future programme

The Committee considered this matter.

2. Committee visit Ordered, That the Committee visit Calais, in connection with its inquiry into Immigration: the situation in Calais.

3. The work of the Immigration Directorates: Calais

Draft Special Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates: Calais: Government Response to the Committee's Eighteenth Report of Session 2014---15), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Eighteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2014---15 in the last Parliament 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.

4. Out-of-Court Disposals

Draft Special Report (Out-of-Court Disposals: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2014---15), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2014---15 in the last Parliament was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

5. Immigration: the situation in Calais

Ordered, that the written evidence relating to Immigration: the situation in Calais be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Alan Pughsley QPM, Chief Constable,


Kent Police, 16 July 2015; Letter from Richard Burnett, Chief Executive, Road Haulage Association, 17 July 2015; and Letter from Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, 21 July 2015.

6. Counter-radicalisation Mark Rowley QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.

7. The work of the Home Secretary Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence.

In the absence of the Chair, Mr David Winnick was called to the Chair. Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave further oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 September at 2.30 p.m.


Tuesday 8 September 2015



Tim Loughton Stuart C. McDonald Keir Starmer Anna Turley Mr David Winnick

1. Migration

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee visit Greece and Turkey, in connection with its inquiries into the Migration Crisis and Countering Extremism.


Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 5 January 2016, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication.

3. Female genital mutilation: follow-up

Ordered, that the Government Response relating to Female genital mutilation: follow-up be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Karen Bradley MP, Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation, 22 July 2015.

4. The work of the Home Secretary

Ordered, that the written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 24 July 2015, following up the oral evidence session on 21 July; and Correspondence between the Chair and Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 11 August 2015 and 7 September 2015, on UK support for overseas drugs operations.

5. The work of the Metropolitan Police

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, gave oral evidence.

6. Psychoactive substances

Resolved, That the Committee visit the Club Drugs Clinic in Earl’s Court, in connection with its inquiry into psychoactive substances. Ordered, that the written evidence relating to psychoactive substances be reported to the House for publication:

PAS 01 Churches' Legislation Advisory Service PAS 02 Association of English Cathedrals


PAS 03 Mentor PAS 04 George Entecott PAS 06 National AIDS Trust PAS 07 Napp Pharmaceuticals PAS 08 Christine Heading & Amira Guirguis PAS 09 Night Time Industries Association PAS 10 Crew PAS 11 Dr Richard Stevenson PAS 12 Amber Marks PAS 13 Andrew Audley PAS 14 Royal College of Psychiatrists PAS 15 Local Government Association PAS 16 British Pharmacological Society PAS 17 Association of Convenience Stores PAS 18 The Psychedelic Society PAS 19 HM Inspectorate of Prisons PAS 20 Central NW London NHS Foundation Trust PAS 22 Professor Julian Savulescu et al PAS 23 Newcastle City Council PAS 24 The Scottish Government PAS 25 National Federation of Retail Newsagents PAS 26 Centrepoint PAS 27 Chartered Trading Standards Institute PAS 28 Release & Transform PAS 29 Police Scotland PAS 30 Edinburgh Division of Police Scotland PAS 31 Academy of Medical Sciences et el PAS 32 YMCA England PAS 33 Prison Reform Trust PAS 34 Portsmouth NPS Working Group PAS 36 Trading Standards Scotland PAS 37 Angelus Foundation PAS 39 Mr Tim-Jake Gluckman PAS 40 Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry et al PAS 41 London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum PAS 42 Home Office PAS 43 DrugScience [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]

Commander Simon Bray, National Police Chiefs' Council lead on psychoactive substances, gave oral evidence.

7. Migration crisis

Natacha Bouchart, Mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet, Deputy Mayor of Calais, and Emmanuel Aguis, First Deputy to the Mayor; and Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, and Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 September at 2.30 p.m.


Tuesday 15 September 2015


Victoria Atkins James Berry Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani

Tim Loughton Stuart C. McDonald Keir Starmer Mr David Winnick

1. Police funding

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Reform of the Police Funding Formula.

2. Migration crisis

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the migration crisis be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, re managing migratory flows in Calais, 9 September 2015.

3. Immigration: skill shortages

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the written evidence relating to the inquiry into immigration: skill shortages be reported to the House for publication:

ISS 04 EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation ISS 10 British Medical Association ISS 11 Jonathan Portes ISS 12 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust ISS 13 Royal College of Nursing ISS 14 Law Society of Scotland ISS 15 NHS Employers ISS 16 Research Councils UK ISS 17 HCL Workforce Solutions ISS 18 The Royal Society ISS 19 Migration Watch UK ISS 20 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ISS 21 London Chamber of Commerce & Industry ISS 22 Institute of Directors ISS 23 Russell Group ISS 24 Recruitment & Employment Confederation ISS 25 Million+ ISS 26 Shelford Chief Nurses Group ISS 27 Scottish Development International ISS 28 Scottish Government ISS 30 Embassy of Japan ISS 31 British Chambers of Commerce ISS 33 Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association ISS 35 Confederation of British Industry ISS 36 techUK ISS 37 Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE)


ISS 38 Home Office [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]


The Committee considered this matter. Professor Les Iversen, Chair, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice and Victims, Home Office; Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician for Club Drug Clinic, Addictions Directorate, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, and Jan King, Chief Executive, and Jeremy Sare, Director for Communications and Operations, Angelus Foundation, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 October at 2.30 p.m.

Thursday 17 September 2015 The Chair, James Berry, Mr David Burrowes and Stuart C McDonald visited the Club Drug Clinic in Earl’s Court, in connection with its inquiry into psychoactive substances, in accordance with the Committee’s

decision of Tuesday 8 September 2015.

Tuesday 22 --- Wednesday 23 September 2015 The Chair and Stuart C McDonald visited Brussels for the European Parliament conference on migration,

in a representative capacity, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 14 July 2015.


Tuesday 13 October 2015



Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton Mr David Winnick

1. Investigation into the late Lord Brittan

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Investigation into the late Lord Brittan.

2. Migration crisis

The Committee considered this matter. Richard Harrington MP, Minister with responsibility for Syrian Refugees, gave oral evidence.


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that further written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration: skill shortages be reported to the House for publication:

ISS 40 City of London Corporation ISS 41 Mayor of London

Jonathan Portes, Principal Research Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research; Lord Green, Chair, and Matthew Pollard, Executive Director, Migration Watch UK; and Rose Carey, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, gave oral evidence.

4. Countering extremism

Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 01 Dialogue Society CEX 02 Community Security Trust CEX 03 Counter Extremism Project UK CEX 04 The Henry Jackson Society CEX 05 NAHT CEX 06 CAGE Advocacy UK Ltd CEX 07 Charity Commission CEX 08 Universities UK CEX 09 David Anderson Q.C. CEX 10 European Council on Tolerance & Reconciliation CEX 11 Maggie Beirne



Ordered, that further written evidence relating to the inquiry into Psychoactive substances be reported to the House for publication:

PAS 46 Angelus Foundation PAS 49 Simpson House Counselling and Recovery PAS 50 Rudi Fortson QC PAS 52 All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform PAS 53 Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs PAS 54 National Crime Agency PAS 55 Home Office [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]

[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 October at 2.00 p.m.]




Victoria Atkins James Berry Mr David Burrowes

Tim LoughtonStuart C. McDonald Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (Psychoactive substances), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 361.

2. The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q2 2015)

The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q2 2015)), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 512.

3. Migration crisis



Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the Investigation into the late Lord Brittan be reported to the House for publication, as follows:

Correspondence between the Chair and Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey, Metropolitan Police Service Letter from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse, Metropolitan Police Service, 16 October 2015.


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Metropolitan Police be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 16 September 2015.




Ordered, that further written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration: skill shortages be reported to the House for publication:

ISS 42 Jonathan Portes supplementary

Neil Carberry, Director, Employment, Skills & Public Services, CBI, Howard Catton, Head of Policy and International, Royal College of Nursing, and Verity O’Keefe, Employment and Skills Policy Adviser, EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation; Professor Sir David Metcalf CBE, Chair, and Tim Harrison, Head of Secretariat, Migration Advisory Committee; Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, and Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration Directorate, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 October at 2.00 p.m.]


Wednesday 21 October 2015



Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton Stuart C. McDonald Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the Investigation into the late Lord Brittan be reported to the House for publication: Crown Prosecution Service Letter from Anthony Julius, Mishcon de Reya LLP, Solicitors, 20 October 2015. DCI Paul Settle; Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse, Metropolitan Police Service; Tom Watson MP; and Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 October at 2.30 p.m.]




Victoria Atkins James Berry Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton

Stuart C. McDonald Naz Shah Mr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick

1. Declaration of Interests

Naz Shah and Mr Chuka Umunna declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).

2. Police investigations and the role of the CPS

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police investigations and the role of the CPS be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, 16 October 2015.

3. Reform of the Police Funding Formula

Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Reform of the Police Funding Formula be reported to the House for publication:

POF 01 Mr Frank Belgrove POF 05 Sussex PCC POF 06 Home Office POF 07 Northumbria PCC POF 08 West Midlands Police POF 09 Thames Valley PCC POF 11 Thames Valley Police POF 12 West Midlands PCC POF 14 West Yorkshire PCC and Police POF 15 Hampshire Constabulary POF 16 PCC Treasurers' Society POF 17 Leicestershire PCC and Constabulary POF 18 Lancashire PCC and Constabulary POF 19 South Wales Police POF 20 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners POF 21 Merseyside PCC POF 22 Greater Manchester PCC POF 23 Greater Manchester Police POF 24 National Police Chiefs’ Council POF 25 Metropolitan Police & Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime POF 26 Devon and Cornwall PCC POF 27 Bedfordshire PCC [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]




Harun Rashid Khan, Deputy Secretary, Ameena Blake, Assistant Secretary General, and Miqdaad Versi, Assistant Secretary General, Muslim Council of Britain; Habibur Rahman, Chairman, Sufia Alam, Women’s Projects Officer, and Salman Farsi, Media Officer, East London Mosque Trust; Rt Hon Baroness Warsi, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 November at 2.30 p.m.]


Tuesday 3 November 2015



Tim LoughtonStuart C. McDonald Naz Shah Mr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick

1. Future programme


2. Migration crisis

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the migration crisis be reported to the House for publication:

MIG 03 Mrs Joyce Mussett MIG 05 Gilly Dobson MIG 06 Robert Oats MIG 07 Christian Taylor MIG 09 Michael West MIG 10 Jordan Roberts MIG 11 Alistair H G Allcroft MIG 12 Lesley Hill MIG 13 Joanna Nicholls MIG 14 Randolph Martin MIG 15 Colin Laidler MIG 16 Bryan Crick MIG 17 Mrs Christine Fletcher MIG 18 Mrs Marie Silbourne MIG 19 Lulu Ashton MIG 21 Mrs Lynne Sawford MIG 22 Mrs Janice Evans MIG 23 Derek Hill MIG 24 Michael Tucker MIG 25 Richard Smith MIG 27 Valerie Jenner MIG 29 Glenys Newton MIG 30 Lauren Yallop MIG 31 Andrew White MIG 32 Chloe le Fay MIG 33 Dr Thom Davies, Dr Arshad Isakjee and Dr Surindar Dhesi MIG 36 Mapping Immigration Controversy Research Project Team, University Of Warwick MIG 38 J W Pilgrim Associates MIG 39 Unicef UK MIG 40 CitizensUK MIG 41 Lawyers' Refugee Initiative MIG 42 Elsie Luna MIG 43 Heather Luna MIG 45 Charlbury Refugee Action Group MIG 46 Calais Refugee Solidarity Bristol MIG 47 Immigration Law Practitioners' Association


MIG 48 Mrs Clare Ann Moseley MIG 49 Mrs Anne Wroxley MIG 50 Dr Vicki Squire et al MIG 51 British Red Cross MIG 52 Freedom from Torture MIG 53 Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum MIG 57 Nicholas Jewitt MIG 58 Refugee Council MIG 59 Save the Children MIG 60 Doctors of the World UK MIG 61 International Organization for Migration MIG 62 Amnesty International UK MIG 64 International Rescue Committee UK [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police investigations and the role of the CPS be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Patricia Gallan, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service, re the case of Mr Paul Gambaccini, 3 November 2015.


The Committee considered this matter. Chief Constable Simon Cole QPM, Leicestershire Police, Chief Constable Steve Finnigan QPM, CBE, Lancashire Constabulary, and Chief Constable Lynne Owens QPM, CBE, Surrey Police; Tony Hogg, Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, Ron Hogg, Durham Police and Crime Commissioner, and Olly Martins, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner; Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service, and Sara Thornton QPM, CBE, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council, gave oral evidence.







1. Appointment of Specialist Adviser

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That David Whatton be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to police funding. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)

2. Future programme



The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 12 Tony Blair Faith Foundation CEX 13 Averroes CEX 14 Claystone CEX 15 Dr Francis Lankester

4. Migration crisis

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the Migration crisis be reported to the House for publication:

MIG 66 Premier Christian Radio MIG 67 Home Office


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police Investigations and the Role of the CPS be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence between Tom Watson MP and Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions (Redacted), 28 April 2014 and 13 June 2014; Letter from Tom Watson MP, 3 November 2015; Letter from Sir Keir Starmer MP, 3 November 2015; Letter from Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, 3 November 2015; and Letter from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse,


Metropolitan Police, to Anthony Julius, Mishcon De Reya LLP, 6 October 2015.


The Committee considered this matter. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London; Sir Thomas Winsor, Chief Inspector of Constabulary, and Mike Cunningham QPM, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, gave oral evidence.


The Committee considered this matter. Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.





Victoria Atkins James Berry Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Tim Loughton

Stuart C. McDonald Naz Shah Mr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick

1. Police investigations and the role of the Crown Prosecution Service

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police investigations and the role of the Crown Prosecution Service be reported to the House for publication: Statement from DCI Paul Settle, 21 October 2015. Draft Report (Police investigations and the role of the Crown Prosecution Service), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 534.


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Reform of the Police Funding Formula be reported to the House for publication:

POF 28 National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Chief Police Officers’ Staff Association


The Committee considered this matter. Mark Keary, Principal, and Alison Brannick, former Deputy Principal, Bethnal Green Academy; Sara Khan and Kalsoom Bashir, co-Directors, Inspire; Dr Adnan Siddiqui, Director, and Ibrahim Mohamoud, Communications Officer, CAGE Advocacy Ltd, and Mohammed Umar Farooq, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 November at 12.45 pm.





Tim LoughtonStuart C. McDonald Mr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration: skill shortages be reported to the House for publication:

ISS 43 Royal College of Nursing supplementary


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 16 CAGE Advocacy UK Ltd CEX 17 East London Mosque

Mark Rowley QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police; Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister for Security, and Charles Farr, Director General, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office, gave oral evidence.

3. Migration crisis

The Committee considered this matter. HE Konstantinos Bikas, Greek Ambassador, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 December at 2.00 pm.


Tuesday 1 December 2015


Victoria Atkins James Berry Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton

Naz ShahMr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Reform of the Police Funding Formula be reported to the House for publication:

POF 29 Metropolitan Police supplementary


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, 25 November 2015.



CEX 18 Mr Mohammed Akunjee CEX 19 Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK

Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force; Haras Rafiq, Managing Director, Quilliam, and Farooq Aftab, National Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK; Megan Dunn, President, National Union of Students, and Professor Julius Weinberg, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 December at 2.00 pm.


Tuesday 8 December 2015


Victoria Atkins Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton

Stuart C. McDonaldNaz Shah Mr Chuka Umunna Mr David Winnick



CEX 20 Mr Michael Gallagher CEX 21 Green Spring Education Trust CEX 22 East London Mosque further supplementary CEX 23 PSHE Association CEX 25 Quilliam supplementary [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Reform of the Police Funding Formula be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence between the Office of the Devon & Cornwall PCC and the Home Office, 2 and 5 November 2015.


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration: skill shortages be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence between Mark Protherough, ICAEW and Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, 24 August and 21 October 2015, and

ISS 44 Independent Age

4. The work of the National Crime Agency

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the National Crime Agency be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, 7 December 2015.

Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, gave oral evidence.


5. The work of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration be reported to the House for publication: Letter from David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 30 November 2015.

David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, gave oral evidence.

In the absence of the Chair, Tim Loughton was called to the Chair. David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, gave further oral evidence.

6. The work of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

The Committee considered this matter. Kevin Hyland OBE, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 December at 2.45 pm.


Wednesday 9 December 2015



Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton Stuart C. McDonald Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (Reform of the Police Funding Formula), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 476.


The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (Immigration: skill shortages), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 429.



Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration be reported to the House for publication: Letter from John Vine CBE QPM, former Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 9 December 2015.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 December at 2.30 pm.


Wednesday 16 December 2015



Tim LoughtonStuart C. McDonald Naz Shah Mr Chuka Umunna

1. Government Response: The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q2 2015)

Draft Special Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q2 2015): Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015---16), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Second Report was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.


Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 24 March 2016, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication.


Ordered, That the Committee visit Bradford, in connection with its inquiry into countering extremism. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 26 Abdus Sabur Qutubi CEX 27 National Union of Students


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, 15 December 2015.


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration be reported to the House for publication: Letter from David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 14 December 2015.



The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Chair to Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, on the National Crime Agency, 9 December 2015. Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 January 2016 at 2.00 pm.


Tuesday 12 January 2016




1. Future programme

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into prostitution; and into Police and Crime Commssioners.

2. Declaration of Interests

James Berry amended his declaration of interests of 14 July 2015 as follows:

Trustee of the charity True Honour.


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police investigations and the role of the Crown Prosecution Service be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, 18 December 2015.


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 8 January 2016.


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration be reported to the House for publication: Letter from David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 17 December 2015.

6. The work of the National Crime Agency

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the National Crime Agency be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, 18 December 2015; and letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 11 January 2016.




Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 28 Fadel Soliman CEX 29 Muslim Council of Britain supplementary CEX 30 Inspire supplementary CEX 31 Border Force supplementary CEX 32 John Witherow, Editor, The Times CEX 34 Moonshot CVE CEX 35 Mark Rowley QPM, Metropolitan Police

Zulfiqar Karim, Senior Vice President, Bradford Council for Mosques, and Fazal Dad, Senior Imam, Abu Bakr Mosque, Bradford; and Mark Rowley QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.

In the absence of the Chair, Mr David Winnick was called to the Chair.

Mark Rowley QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police, gave further oral evidence.





Victoria Atkins James Berry Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena


1. Government Response: Psychoactive substances

Draft Special Report (Psychoactive substances): Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2015---16), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the First Report was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

2. Future programme

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into proceeds of crime.




CEX 36 Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha`At Islam Lahore (UK) CEX 37 Naz Shah MP

Konika Dhar; David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation; and Shami Chakrabarti, gave oral evidence.







1. Committee visits

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the Committee visit Europol, located in The Hague, in connection with its inquiry into countering extremism.

2. Migration crisis


Mr Khalid Chaouki, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Chair of the Culture Committee, Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean; Mr Gergely Gulyás, Deputy-Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly and General Director, Foundation for a Civic Hungary, gave oral evidence.

3. Asylum accommodation


Peter Neden, Regional President (UK and Ireland), and John Whitwam, Managing Director, Immigration and Borders, G4S, and Stuart Monk, Owner and Managing Director, Jomast, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 February 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Thursday 28 January 2016

The Chair, James Berry, Tim Loughton, Stuart C McDonald, Naz Shah, Mr Chuka Umunna and Mr David Winnick visited Bradford, in connection with its inquiry into Countering extremism, in accordance with

the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 16 December 2015.


Tuesday 2 February 2016


Victoria Atkins James Berry Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton


1. Committee visits



Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into asylum accommodation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from John Whitwam, Managing Director, Immigration and Borders, G4S, 29 January 2016; Letter from Stuart Monk, Managing Director, Jomast, 29 January 2016; and email from Revd Dominic Black, 31 January 2016.


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police investigations and the role of the Crown Prosecution Service be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Patricia Gallan QPM, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 26 January 2016.




CEX 39 Institution for Strategic Dialogue CEX 40 Stig Abell, Managing Editor, The Sun CEX 41 David Anderson Q.C. supplementary CEX 42 Home Secretary

Dr Anthony House, Head of Public Policy Strategy, Google Europe, Middle East and Africa, Simon Milner, Policy Director for UK and Ireland, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Facebook, and Nick Pickles, Head, UK Public Policy, Twitter; Ms Saleha Jaffer, Director, FAST (Families Against Stress and Trauma), and Raheel Mohammed, Director, Maslaha, gave oral evidence.







1. Committee visits


Ordered, That the Committee visit Cambridge, in connection with its inquiry into countering extremism.

2. Appointment of Specialist Adviser


Ordered, That Jane Bewsey QC, be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to its proceeds of crime inquiry. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)



CEX 43 Dr MA Fazal CEX 44 Council for Mosques Bradford CEX 45 Index on Censorship CEX 46 Inspire further supplementary CEX 47 Alison Jamieson CEX 48 Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK supplementary CEX 49 Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Security

4. Migration crisis

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into migration crisis be reported to the House for publication:

MIG 68 Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Security


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Metropolitan Police be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Letter from Boris Johnson MP, Mayor of London, 4 February 2016.




Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Immigration Directorates (Q3 2015) be reported to the House for publication: Email from Sile Reynolds, Lead Asylum Policy Advisor, Freedom from Torture, 8 February 2016; and letter from David Budd, Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough, 5 February 2016.

Stephen Shaw, Author of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons; Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, and Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration Directorate; James Vyvyan-Robinson, Managing Director, Clearsprings Group, gave oral evidence.







1. Government Response: Immigration: skill shortages

Draft Special Report (Immigration: skill shortages): Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2015---16), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Fifth Report was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into asylum accommodation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Suzanne Fletcher MBE, 25 January 2016; Email from Dorothy Ismail, 17 February 2016; Letter from John Grayson, SYMAAG (South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group), 18 February 2016; Email from James Vyvyan-Robinson, Managing Director, Clearsprings, 19 February 2016; Letter from Peter Neden, Regional President, G4S UK & Ireland, 22 February 2016; and Letter from Rupert Soames OBE, Chief Executive, Serco Group Plc, 23 February 2016.



CEX 50 East London Mosque CEX 51 Twitter UK CEX 52 Google CEX 53 Facebook

4. Prostitution

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into prostitution be reported to the House for publication:

02 Dr Jay Ginn 05 Amanda Sebestyen 06 Dr Robert Shields 07 Alan Caton OBE 09 Chris Thorogood 11 Susie Marriott


12 P Frizelle 13 The Josephine Butler Society 14 Ruth Appleton 16 Kate Wright 18 Gaye Dalton 19 Professor Philip Hubbard 20 Ruhama 21 Martin Seager 22 Mark Newbold 23 Outsiders Trust 26 Andrew Weller 27 Dr Ruth McStay 28 Deirdre O'Reilly 29 Permanently Visible Productions 30 Sex Work Research hub 31 Parentpower 32 Dr Kenneth Harpur-Lewis 33 Rev Alan Donald 34 Scottish Soroptimists 35 Commonweal Housing 36 Miss E 38 Amy Vergnés 39 Simon Penhaligon 40 Graham Marsden 41 Resist Porn Culture 42 Susan Smith 43 Raven Bowen 45 UNISON 46 Groundlevel Churches UK 47 Charles Tilbury 48 Dr Selby Whittingham 49 Giles Beaumont 50 The Salvation Army 51 Karen Pollock 52 Hugh Palmer 53 Centre for Gender and Violence Research 55 Giorgio Giandomenici 56 One25 57 The Howard League for Penal Reform 59 Esther Allen 65 JBS-R Associates 66 Chris Atchison 67 Rachel Stuart 69 Bridie Sweetman 70 End Demand 71 Commission on the Sex Buyer Law 72 Rob Tyson 73 Crystal 74 Anna Fisher 75 European Womens Lobby 76 Rural Rainbow 77 Stephanie Davies-Arai 78 Christian Action Research and Education 79 Backlash UK 81 Welsh Women’s Aid 82 National Ugly Mugs 83 Ms N 84 UK Programme Action Committee of Soroptimist International GBI 85 Thomas French 86 Professor Tsachi Keren-Paz


87 Nick Batley 88 Dr Julia Long 89 Dr Ruth Van Dyke 90 Dr Olivia Smith 92 Dr Brooke Magnanti 93 Sophia Manet 94 Becky Frankham & Robb Montgomery 95 The Womens Equality Party 98 London Young Labour 99 Professor Ramsay Burt 100 Lucy O’Connor 101 Hannah Swanson 102 Nina de Paula Hanika 103 Feminists For Solidarity Sweden 104 Charlotte Cane 105 Darryl Perry 107 Laura Lee 109 Joseph Giacopazzi 110 Kairos Women Working Together 111 Pandora Blake 113 Steve Elrond 114 Joel Hellewell 115 Rooms of our Own 116 Nottinghamshire Police 117 Ricardo London 119 Rape Crisis South London 120 Belinda Brooks-Gordon 121 Lila-Rose 122 Scarlet Alliance 123 Chris Roper 124 Alba Tomasula y Garcia 125 Sussex Centre for Gender Studies 126 Dr Mary Laing 127 Tim Barnett 128 SPACE International 129 Steve Moxon 130 Agenda 131 Penny Lane 132 Women Against Rape 133 Nicole Petrovia 134 Marnie Evans 135 Kitty Rocca 137 Elana Cunningham 138 Professor Nicola Mai 139 Clarissa Duckworth 140 Carla Martinez 141 Labour Representation Committee National Committee 142 Susie Johnson 143 Nordic Model Information Network 144 Frankie Mullin 145 Manchester Feminist Network 147 Sex Worker Open University 148 Dr Sarah Kingston & Terry Thomas Emeritus Professor 149 Helen Saxby 150 National Union of Students 151 The International Union of Sex Workers 153 NAT (National AIDS Trust) 154 Diane Martin CBE 155 Gender and Law class on LLB Law degree at University of the West of England 156 End Violence Against Women Coalition


157 CJ 158 APPG on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade 159 Dr Jonathan Mendel and Dr Kiril Sharapov 160 Mia de Faoite 162 Mary Honeyball MEP 163 International Policing and Justice Institute 165 Action for Trans Health 166 Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit 167 David Clarke 168 Elim Pentecostal Churches 169 Women at the Well 170 Sarah Solemani 171 St Mungo's 172 English Collective of Prostitutes 173 Esther Owen 174 Matthew Stocks 176 SCOT-PEP 177 Beyond the Streets 178 Rape Crisis Surrey and Sussex 179 Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking 180 Belfast Feminist Network 181 Institute of Our Lady of Mercy 182 Women's Association (University of Birmingham) 183 Jessica Baily 185 Sofia Helgadottir 187 Robert Macrae 188 East London Strippers Collective 189 Equality Now 190 London Borough of Hounslow 191 National Board of Catholic Women 192 The Immigrant Council of Ireland 193 Daniel Harvey 194 Women Analysing Policy on Women 195 Wales Assembly of Women 196 Professor Jackie Jones 197 National Alliance of Women’s Organisations 198 Nordic Model Australia Coalition 200 The Men's Development Network 201 Jill Thomas 202 Claire de Than 203 Sex Workers Alliance Ireland 204 Nia 207 Trust Women's Project 208 Prison Reform Trust 210 SAY Women 212 Professor Peter Shirlow et al 213 The Fawcett Society 214 Eva Klambauer 216 Max Gentle 218 Dr Jessica Elliott 219 The Judith Trust 221 Emma Boucher 222 Charlotte Rose 223 New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective 225 Harriet Wistrich, Birnberg Peirce and Partners 227 Vera Baird QC, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria 228 West Yorkshire Police 230 Payday 232 The Women’s Support Project


233 Community Safety Glasgow 235 Leonard Fahrni 236 Home Office

[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Home Office Supplementary Estimate Memorandum and Statement of Changes; and National Crime Agency Supplementary Estimates Memorandum.



Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, gave oral evidence.

7. Police and Crime Commissioners


Ron Ball, Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire, Alan Charles, Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, and Sir Clive Loader, Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire; Katy Bourne, Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, Jane Kennedy, Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside, and Lord Wasserman, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 29 February 2016 at 5.00 pm.

Thursday 25 February 2016

The Chair, Victoria Atkins, James Berry, David Burrowes, Nus Ghani, Ranil Jayawardena, Tim Loughton, and Stuart C McDonald visited Europol in The Hague, in connection with its inquiry into Countering

extremism, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 26 January 2016.


Monday 29 February 2016


James Berry Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena

Tim LoughtonStuart C. McDonald Mr David Winnick


The Committee considered this matter. Draft Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q3 2015)), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 772.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 1.00 pm.


Tuesday 1 March 2016





Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into asylum accommodation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Rupert Soames OBE, Chief Executive, Serco Group Plc, 26 February 2016; and Email from James Vyvyan-Robinson, Managing Director, Clearsprings, 26 February 2016.

2. Proceeds of crime

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into proceeds of crime be reported to the House for publication:

POC 02 Tristram Hicks POC 03 Merseyside Police POC 04 Royal United Services Institute POC 07 Dr Colin King POC 08 Professor Tsachi Keren-Paz, Keele University POC 09 Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers POC 10 Grant Thornton UK LLP POCA Team POC 11 NPCC Financial Investigation and Proceeds of Crime Portfolio POC 12 Pinsent Masons LLP POC 13 Serious Fraud Office POC 14 Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service POC 15 HMRC POC 16 Jeffrey Bryant POC 17 National Crime Agency POC 18 Crown Prosecution Service POC 19 Home Office POC 21 British Bankers’ Association [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Metropolitan Police be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, to Sir Thomas Winsor, Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 22 February 2016.

4. Prostitution




PRO 237 The Children’s Society PRO 239 Andrew Boff

Kat Banyard, Co-director, UK Feminista, and spokesperson for the End Demand campaign, Mia de Faoite and Laura Lee; and Alan Caton OBE, Independent Chair, Islington and Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Boards, and Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Prostitution and Sex Work, gave oral evidence.

In the absence of the Chair, Tim Loughton was called to the Chair. Alan Caton OBE, Independent Chair, Islington and Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Boards, and Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Prostitution and Sex Work, gave further oral evidence.







1. Migration crisis

Ordered, That the Committee visit Albania and Italy, in connection with its inquiry into the migration crisis.

Ordered, That the Committee visit Mexico and the United States of America, in connection with its inquiries into drugs and the migration crisis.


Ordered, That the Committee visit the Metropolitan Police’s Counter-terrorism Internet Referral Unit, at Scotland Yard, in connection with its inquiry into countering extremism. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 54 Community Safety Forum CEX 55 Faith Matters

3. Prostitution

Ordered, That the Committee visit Denmark and Sweden, in connection with its inquiry into prostitution. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into prostitution be reported to the House for publication:

PRO 240 Mr M PRO 241 Ella Parsons


Ordered, That the Committee visit a Queen’s Warehouse, in connection with its inquiry into proceeds of crime. Jonathan Fisher QC, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics and Barrister, Devereux Chambers, Dr Colin King, Senior Law Lecturer, University of Sussex, and Helena Wood, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute; Richard Fisher QC, Doughty Street Chambers, Tim Owen QC, Matrix Chambers, and Kennedy Talbot QC, 33 Chancery Lane Chambers; Martin Bentham, Evening Standard, gave oral evidence.





Victoria Atkins Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena


1. Police and Crime Commissioners

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into Police and Crime Commissioners be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Ron Ball, Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire, 8 March 2016; and letter from Chief Constable Sara Thornton, Chair, National Police Chiefs’ Council, 11 March 2016. Draft Report (Police and Crime Commissioners: here to stay), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 844.



CEX 56 Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board



POC 22 David Winch POC 24 City of London Police [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]

4. Prostitution


PRO 243 Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Prostitution and Sex Work

PRO 244 National Ugly Mugs supplementary

5. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2015 Q3)


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Immigration Directorates (2015 Q3) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, 11 March 2016.


Ordered, that written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Metropolitan Police be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 4 March 2016; and letter from Assistant Commissioner Patricia F Gallan, Metropolitan Police, 9 March 2016.


The Committee considered this matter. Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Thursday 24 March 2016 The Chair, James Berry, Nus Ghani, Ranil Jayawardena and Tim Loughton visited the Counter-terrorism

Internet Referral Unit at Scotland Yard, in connection with its inquiry into Countering extremism, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 8 March 2016.


Tuesday 12 April 2016


Mr David BurrowesNusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton

Stuart C. McDonaldNaz Shah Mr David Winnick

1. Future programme

The Committee considered this matter. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into English language testing. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Islamophobia. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Muslim sectarianism. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the rise in anti-Semitism.

2. Publication of written evidence

Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 2 September 2016, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication.


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into countering extremism be reported to the House for publication:

CEX 57 Dr Saffron Karlsen, University of Bristol CEX 58 Dr Sarah Marsden, Lancaster University

4. Prostitution

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into prostitution be reported to the House for publication:

PRO 245 Dr Jay Levy

5. Police diversity



Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into police diversity be reported to the House for publication:

PDI 01 National Black Police Association PDI 02 Metropolitan Police

Former Chief Superintendent Dal Babu OBE, Janet Hills, President, National Black Police Association, and Inspector Mustafa Mohammed, President, National Association of Muslim Police; Chief Constable Dee Collins (temporary), West Yorkshire Police, Chief Constable Dave Thompson QPM, West Midlands Police, and Robin Wilkinson, Director of People and Change, Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.


Oliver Robbins, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, and Mark Thomson, Director General, HM Passport Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 2.00 pm.


Tuesday 19 April 2016


James Berry Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena


1. Future programme


2. English language testing Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English language testing be reported to the House for publication:

ETS 01 UK Council for International Student Affairs ETS 02 Study Group ETS 03 National Union of Students ETS 04 Study UK ETS 05 Group of Pathways Colleges ETS 06 Universities UK

3. Police diversity


PDI 03 Former Chief Superintendent Dal Babu OBE


The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Oliver Robbins, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, 12 April 2016; Letters from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, re evidence from Second Permanent Secretary, 14 and 18 April 2016; Letters from the Chair to Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, re evidence from the Second Permanent Secretary, 15 and 18 April 2016; and Home Office Main Estimate 2016-17 Explanatory Memorandum.

5. College of Policing

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into College of Policing be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Robin Wilkinson, Director of People and Change, Metropolitan Police, 8 April 2016.


Steve White, Chair, and Andy Fittes, General Secretary, Police Federation of England and Wales, and Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, President Elect, Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales; Janet Davies FRCN, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing, and Dr Anya Hunt, Chief Executive, Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences; Alex Marshall, Chief Executive, and Rachel Tuffin, Director of Research Knowledge and Education, College of Policing, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 2.00 pm.

Thursday 21 April 2016

The Chair, James Berry, Tim Loughton and Naz Shah visited Homerton College, Cambridge, to host an international conference in connection with its inquiry into Countering extremism, in accordance with

the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 9 February 2016.

Wednesday 27 - Thursday 28 April 2016

The Chair, James Berry, David Burrowes and Tim Loughton visited Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmo, Sweden, in connection with its inquiry into Prostitution, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of

Tuesday 8 March 2016.


Tuesday 3 May 2016


Victoria Atkins Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena Tim Loughton


1. Committee membership

The Committee considered this matter. Naz Shah informed the Committee that she would attend no further committee meetings or participate in any committee activities until matters involving her, relating to allegations of anti-Semitism, had been resolved.



CEX 59 medConfidential CEX 60 Chief Constable Simon Cole QPM, Leicestershire Police CEX 61 Professor James Nazroo and Dr Bridget Byrne

3. Police diversity


PDI 04 National Black Police Association supplementary PDI 05 Chief Constable Giles York QPM, Sussex Police PDI 06 Dame Anne Owers, Chair, Independent Police Complaints Commission




POC 25 Transparency International UK

In the absence of the Chair, Victoria Atkins was called to the Chair. Robert Barrington, Executive Director, Transparency International UK, and Mark Thompson, Head of Proceeds of Crime Unit, Serious Fraud Office, gave oral evidence;



Bill Browder, Founder and Chief Executive, Hermitage Capital Management; Henry Pryor, Property Buying Agent and Market Commentator, and Laurence Sacker, Partner, Corporate Finance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer, UHY Hacker Young LLP, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 3.15 pm.


Tuesday 10 May 2016


James Berry Mr David Burrowes Nusrat Ghani Mr Ranil Jayawardena


1. Future programme


2. The work of the Immigration Directorates

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the Committee visit Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, Gatwick Airport, in connection with its inquiry into the work of the Immigration Directorates.

3. College of Policing

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the College of Policing be reported to the House for publication: Email from the College of Policing, 29 April 2016; Letter from Janet Davies, Royal College of Nursing, 3 May 2016; and letter from Alex Marshall, Chief Executive, College of Policing, 10 May 2016.

4. English language testing

Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English language testing be reported to the House for publication:

ETS 07 UK Council for International Student Affairs supplementary


Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the work of the Home Office be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Mark Thomson, Director General, HM Passport Office, dated 27 April 2016.

6. Prostitution

The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into prostitution be reported to the House for publication:

PRO 249 End Demand supplementary

Paris Lees, journalist, presenter and equality campaigner, and Dr Brooke Magnanti, research scientist, blogger and writer, gave oral evidence.



The Committee considered this matter. Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 5.00 pm.

Monday 16 May 2016

The Chair, David Burrowes, Tim Loughton and Stuart McDonald visited Gatwick Airport border control and Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, in connection with its inquiry into the work of the Immigration Directorates, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of Tuesday 10 May 2016.


Appendix

DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS As at 12 October 2015: declaration of Members’ interests

VAZ, Keith (Leicester East) Employment and earnings

29 September 2014, £400 received from the Sunday Express, The Northern and Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN, for an article published on 24 August 2014. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 24 November 2014)

Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: London College of Accountancy Ltd Address of donor: 19 Charterhouse Street, London EC1N 6RA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: company, registration 03914791 (Registered 06 March 2015) Name of donor: Braunstone Limited Address of donor: Suite 402a, 1 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 17 April 2015 Date accepted: 23 April 2015 Donor status: company, registration 450836 (Registered 01 June 2015) Name of donor: Metro Living Ltd Address of donor: Wellesley House, Duke of Wellington Avenue, Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6SS Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 23 April 2015 Date accepted: 5 May 2015 Donor status: company, registration 06413329 (Registered 01 June 2015)

Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year

Property at 144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, which is used as my constituency office; (i) Flat in London: (i) and (ii) House in Leicester: (i)

Miscellaneous

I own two season tickets for Leicester City Football Club (up 2 June 2015). However, I am invited from time to time into the directors’ box to watch matches. The annual value of this benefit is below registrable value. (Updated 1 December 2014) Barrister (not practising).

ATKINS, Victoria (Louth and Horncastle)



Name of donor: JCB Research Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Staffordshire ST14 5JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 00682651 (Registered 06 June 2015) Name of donor: Thurlby Motors Address of donor: Mumby Road, Thurlby, Alford, Lincolnshire LN3 9JN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: loan of vehicle for short campaign worth £2,190 Donor status: company, registration 1560899 (Registered 06 June 2015)


Flat in London: (i) (Registered 06 June 2015)

Miscellaneous Barrister, currently not practising. (Registered 06 June 2015). Member of Red Lion Court Chambers; and member of the Criminal Bar Association and the South Eastern Circuit.

Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Brother, James Atkins, is Managing Director of Strategy, Business Development and Digital for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Deputy Chairman of Public Affairs for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Burson-Marsteller. (Registered 06 June 2015)

BERRY, James (Kingston and Surbiton) Employment and earnings

Payments for legal services provided. Under private instruction unless otherwise stated. 15 May 2015, received £225 for legal services provided prior to my election. Hours: no hours since the election. (Registered 05 June 2015) 15 May 2015, received £1,500 for legal services provided prior to my election. Hours: no hours since the election. (Registered 05 June 2015)

Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation. Any other support not included in Category 2(a).

Name of donor: British Tamil Conservatives Address of donor: 3 Ecclestone Close, Cockfosters, Barnet EN4 9EZ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Date received: 20 February 2015 Date accepted: 20 February 2015 Donor status: unincorporated association (Registered 05 June 2015) Name of donor: Mark White Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000


Date received: 12 March 2015 Date accepted: 12 March 2015 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015)


House in London, jointly owned with my wife: (i) and (ii) (Registered 05 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Barrister. (Registered 05 June 2015) Occasionally acts in cases involving policing; has lectured and will occasionally lecture at courses on legal topics provided for police officers, including at the College of Policing. Trustee of the charity True Honour. (Added 12 January 2016)

BURROWES, David (Enfield, Southgate) Employment and earnings

Consultant to Shepherd Harris and Co as a solicitor specialising in criminal law. Address: 96 Silver Street, Enfield, Middlesex. Payments for telephone standby police station duty. These typically involve a weekend on standby and up to 30 mins work: Received £200 for the weekend of 10 January 2014 (up to 30 mins) and 24 January 2014 (up to 30 mins) (Updated 23 February 2015). (Registered 14 March 2014) Received payment of £400 in October 2013 for the weekends of 26 April 2013, 17 May 2013, 9 August 2013 and 13 September 2013 (up to 30 mins per weekend; up to 2 hrs in total) (Updated 23 February 2015). (Registered 19 March 2014) 4 July 2014, received £200 for the weekends of 14 February 2014 (up to 30 mins) and 28 March 2014 (up to 30 mins) (Updated 23 February 2015). (Registered 14 July 2014) Received £300 for the weekends of 23 May 2014 (up to 30 mins), 13 June 2014 (up to 30 mins) and 18 July 2014 (up to 30 mins). Hours: up to 1.5 hrs in total (Updated 23 February 2015). (Registered 05 September 2014) Received £200, comprising two payments of £100 for the weekends of 23 July (up to 30 mins) and 22 August 2014 (up to 30 mins) (Updated 23 February 2015). (Registered 23 February 2015) Received £500, comprising five payments of £100 for being on police station duty for the weekends of 28 September, 18 October, 14 November, 19 December and 27 December 2014. Hours: up to 30 mins per weekend; total 2.5 hrs. Payments for court duty: Received £137.87 (Updated 23 February 2015) for being a court duty solicitor for 2.5 hours on 13 January 2014. (Registered 14 March 2014) 4 July 2014, received £551.55 (Updated 23 February 2015) for being a court duty solicitor on 20 February 2014 for 6.5 hrs and on 28 April 2014 for 3.5 hrs. (Registered 14 July 2014) Received £220.60 for being a duty solicitor at a court session on 9 November 2014 (4 hrs). (Registered 12 December 2014) Received £165.45 for court duty on 30 December 2014. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 February 2015)



Name of donor: Lazari Investments Ltd Address of donor: Accurist House, 44 Baker Street, London W1U 7BR Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: company, registration 01291023 (Registered 10 February 2015) Name of donor: Damian Tiernan Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 10 February 2015) Name of donor: Steven Atack Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 16 February 2015)

Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: CARE Address of donor: 53 Romney Street, London SW1P 3RF Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: services of a voluntary intern, for 4 days a week between October 2014 and July 2015, who will receive a bursary of £650 per calendar month as a member of CARE’s educational Leadership Programme, total £6,500. Date of receipt: 7 October 2014 Date of acceptance: 7 October 2014 Donor status: charity, registration 1066963 (Registered 07 October 2014)

Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Address of donor: PO Box 99, New Malden KT3 3YF Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): airfares £899.71, accommodation £198, food £22, transport £173; total £1,292.71 Destination of visit: Burma Date of visit: 29 September 2014 to 5 October 2014 Purpose of visit: to look at issues surrounding international religious freedom in Burma. (Registered 21 October 2014) Name of donor: Israel Allies Foundation Address of donor: 12 Derech Shechem, Jerusalem 97200, Israel Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for me and my wife, hotel (3 nights) £1,360, flights £616 and food £300; total £2,276 Destination of visit: Israel Date of visit: 12-14 October 2014 Purpose of visit: to attend conference of parliamentarians from across the world to discuss issues surrounding religious freedom in the Middle East. (Registered 03 November 2014)

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employed my niece by marriage, Rebecca Coady, as my Senior Parliamentary Assistant; until 17 December 2014.

GHANI, Nusrat (Wealden)



Name of donor: Guy Davison Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,900 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015) Name of donor: Lucy Davison Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,530 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015) Name of donor: Mr M Bennett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Nick Finegold Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Date received: 12 September 2014 Date accepted: 12 September 2014 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015)

JAYAWARDENA, Ranil (North East Hampshire) Employment and earnings

18 May 2015, received £466.67 gross as a Member and Deputy Leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Civic Offices, Basingstoke RG21 4AH. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 05 June 2015) As at 5 June 2015, I remain employed by Lloyds Banking Group plc, 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. I am on a period of extended unpaid leave and not undertaking any work on their behalf. I receive ongoing preferential borrowing, private medical and personal accident insurance; approx. value £7,000 per annum as part of my relationship with Lloyds. Hours: no hours since the election. (Registered 05 June 2015) 4 June 2015, I received deferred payment of £8,443 gross (in shares) from Lloyds Banking Group, 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Hours: no hours since the Election. (Registered 08 June 2015)


Name of donor: Nick MacAndrew Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015) Name of donor: Stephen Butt Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000


Donor status: individual (Registered 05 June 2015)

Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Ringshall Ltd; previously a consulting business but not active at present. (Registered 05 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Unremunerated director of Ringshall Ltd. (Registered 05 June 2015) Spouse is a Solicitor (though not currently practising as she is on maternity leave).

LOUGHTON, Tim (East Worthing and Shoreham) Employment and earnings

From 8 April 2013, adviser to the National Fostering Agency, 71 Cowley Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2AE. Commitment of about 20 hours a year (Updated 26 May 2013). (Registered 18 April 2013) June 2014, received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 June 2014) July 2013, received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 21 July 2014) August 2014, received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 02 September 2014) September 2014 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 02 September 2014) October 2014 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 October 2014) November 2014 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 24 November 2014) December 2014 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 22 December 2014) January 2015 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 January 2015) February 2015 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 25 February 2015) March 2015 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 March 2015) April 2015 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 May 2015) May 2015 received £1,666 gross. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 May 2015) Payments from Cumberlege Eden & Partners Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, Lewes BN8 4LA: 10 September 2014, received £300 for training session for NHS professionals. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2014) 23 October 2014, received £350 for training session for NHS professionals. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 October 2014) 11 March 2015, received £300 for training session for NHS professionals. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 March 2015) 21 July 2014, received £400 from Associated Newspapers Ltd, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London, W8 5TT for article published in Daily Mail. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 28 July 2014)


Name of donor: John E. Fells and Sons Ltd Address of donor: Fells House, Prince Edward Street, Berkhamsted MP4 3EZ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: jeroboam of vintage port donated as an auction prize, valued at £1,800 Donor status: company, registration 00167004 (Registered 21 May 2015)



Name of donor: Tearfund Address of donor: 100 Church Road, Teddington, London TW11 8QE Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £601.01; road travel; £80; total; £681.01. I covered the cost of my own accommodation and food. Destination of visit: Jordan (Syrian refugees) Date of visit: 21-25 July 2014 Purpose of visit: to see Tearfund's work amongst Syrian refugees in Jordan, providing education, child-friendly spaces and material support to refugees living in communities and official refugee camps. (Registered 02 September 2014)

Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Mindful Policy Group Trading Ltd (Registered 20 May 2013)

Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

Classwatch Limited.

Miscellaneous

Chairman of the Mindful Policy Group Trading Ltd, a commercial company with a charitable arm which aims to advance the science of attachment through training, conferences and publications. The role is unremunerated but I have an equity stake in the company. (Registered 26 May 2013)

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my wife, Elizabeth Loughton, as part-time Office Manager (updated 18 May 2015).

MCDONALD, Stuart C. (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) Employment and earnings

29 May 2015, received a final payment of £674.61 from my former employer Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER), 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow G5 9TH, for my work as Parliamentary and Public Affairs Officer. Hours: no hours since the Election. (Registered 04 June 2015)


Flat in East Dunbartonshire: (i) (Registered 21 May 2015)

Miscellaneous

Member of UNITE the Union, Amnesty International and the PCS Parliamentary group.

SHAH, Naz (Bradford West) Nil.


STARMER, Keir (Holborn and St Pancras) Employment and earnings

13 May 2015, received £100,000 for legal consultancy from Mishcon de Reya, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD. Hours: none since the Election. (Registered 05 June 2015) 15 May 2015, received £19,800 for legal advice and representation from Square One Law LLP, St Ann's Wharf, 112 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DX. Hours: none since the Election. (Registered 05 June 2015) 15-20 May 2015, received £46,260 for independent review and report from Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, Belfast Chambers, 93 Chichester St, Belfast BT1 3JR. Hours: none since the Election. (Registered 05 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Chair of advisory board for Kids Company taskforce ‘See the child, change the system’. (Registered 05 June 2015) Member of the Youth Justice Legal Centre’s advisory board. The centre was set up by Just for Kids Law. (Registered 05 June 2015) Leeds University Law Faculty Advisory Board. (Registered 05 June 2015) Director of The Death Penalty Project. (Registered 05 June 2015)

TURLEY, Anna (Redcar) Nil. UMUNNA, Chuka (Streatham) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a research assistant/analyst for 5 days a week from 8 September 2014 to 18 December 2014. The value amounts to £36,000 and relates to time spent working with the Shadow Secretary of State for Business and his team. Date of receipt: 8 September 2014 Date of acceptance: 8 September 2014 Donor status: limited liability partnership (Registered 08 October 2014) Name of donor: DCD Properties Ltd Address of donor: 90 Long Acre, London WC2E 9RA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 received through the Labour Party to support the office of Chuka Umunna MP Date of receipt: 7 January 2015 Date of acceptance: 7 January 2015 Donor status: company, registration 03092306 (Registered 06 February 2015) Name of donor: Stephen Barclay


Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,537.76 to support a business engagement event on 3 February 2015, in my role as Shadow Business Secretary Date of receipt: 24 March 2015 Date of acceptance: 24 March 2015 Donor status: individual (Registered 24 March 2015) Name of donor: Paul Myners Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 to support the office of Chuka Umunna, Shadow Business Secretary Donor status: individual (Registered 04 June 2015) Name of donor: BM Creative Management Ltd Address of donor: Aldwych House 81 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4HN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support the office of Chuka Umunna, Shadow Business Secretary Donor status: company, registration 05635995 (Registered 04 June 2015)

Name of donor: INV1.0 Ltd Address of donor: INV1.0 Ltd, MCR House, 341, Great Western St, Manchester, M14 4AL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support the office of Chuka Umunna, Shadow Business Secretary Donor status: company, registration 7160754 (Registered 04 June 2015)


Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley KT24 6QX Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation and meals with a total value of £852 Destination of visit: Versailles, Paris Date of visit: 15-17 January 2015 Purpose of visit: annual meeting of the Franco-British Colloque to discuss growth and business policy, attended by French and British business people and politicians. (Registered 10 February 2015)

Name of donor: Progressive Policy Institute Address of donor: 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 575, Washington, DC 20036 Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and travel for myself and my chief political adviser; value £6,858.97 Destination of visit: Washington and New York Date of visit: 21-23 July 2015 Purpose of visit: to speak in my role as Shadow Business Secretary at a PPI event on Innovation and Growth with European political and economic advisers, attending a series of meeting with USA political figures and a White House seminar. (Registered 17 August 2015) Name of donor: Policy Network Address of donor: Third floor, 11 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QB Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation for myself and my chief political adviser; value £936.24 Destination of visit: Amsterdam Date of visit: 1-2 September 2015 Purpose of visit: to speak in my role as Shadow Business Secretary at an event on an understanding between the Netherlands and the UK, and a discussion on future economic and policy direction for the two countries. (Registered 22 September 2015)


Miscellaneous Non-practising solicitor. SUPPLEMENTARY DECLARATION RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Membership of the following organisations: Black Cultural Archives; Latimer Creative Media (patron); High Trees (patron); St Michael's Fellowship (patron); Cassandra Learning Centre supporter; London Southside Chamber of Commerce (Honorary President); Lambeth Mencap (patron); Spires (patron) Eleanor Rose Foundation (patron); The Fatherhood Institute (patron); Christian Socialist Movement; Co-operative Party; Unite; GMB; Fabian Society; Progress

WINNICK, David (Walsall North) Nil.

DECLARATION OF SPECIALIST ADVISER’S INTERESTS

David Whatton (Police funding) Previously served in West Midlands Police, Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Constabulary. I have no current financial interest in any police force.

Jane Bewsey QC (Proceeds of Crime inquiry)

Principally prosecutes in serious and complex corporate fraud and tax cases.

Instructed by all the major government prosecution agencies including the Serious Fraud Office, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS Organised Crime Division, CPS Central Fraud Group – fiscal and non-fiscal), HM Revenue and Customs, and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills), and by defence solicitors acting in the same fields of work.

Currently instructed in cases involving money laundering, tax evasion, corporate fraud, mortgage fraud and fraud against the NHS.

The financial nature of these cases means that almost every case leads on to confiscation proceedings.

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