04 July 2007
Following his appointment as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP today gave details of ministers' responsibilities
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
- Overall strategy
- Resourcing
- Judicial appointments
- Judicial diversity
- Constitutional renewal
- Lords reform
- Party funding
Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State
- Oversight of criminal law
- Prisons
- Probation
- Sentencing policy
- Youth justice
- Northern Ireland Court Service
- Industrial relations
Michael Wills MP, Minister of State
- Constitutional renewal, apart from Lords reform
- Electoral policy
- Democratic engagement with Bridget Prentice
- Freedom of information
- Data sharing and data protection
- National Archives
- Devolution
- Human rights, including equalities
- Crown dependencies
- Royal, church & hereditary issues and lord lieutenants
- Privy counsellors
- Land Registry
Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Civil and family justice
- Coroner reform
- Democratic engagement with Michael Wills
- Party funding with Jack Straw
- Law Commission
- Social exclusion
- Compensation culture
- Tribunals and administrative justice
- Legal services reform
- Legal Services Complaints Commission
- Legal Services Ombudsman
- Asylum and immigration
- European Union and international policy
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Offices of Court Funds, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Legal aid
- Legal Services Commission
- Lords reform with Jack Straw
- Departmental business in the Lords
Maria Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Lead on criminal law
- Support on prisons, probation and sentencing policy
- Her Majesty's Courts Service
- Criminal justice
- Office for Criminal Justice Reform
- Support to Lord Hunt on legal aid
Note to Editors:
The Ministry of Justice press office can contacted on the following numbers:
Central, judicial affairs and high profile inquest policy: 020 7210 8913 or 8807
Civil Justice: 020 7210 1398, 1397 or 8695
The constitution, human rights, freedom of information policy and electoral reform: 020 7210 8692, 1476 or 2645
Criminal justice, coroner and burial law: 020 7210 1473, 8643, 0675, 8803 or 8722
Offender management: 020 7210 0638, 8806, 8668, 1429 or 2204.
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Media enquiries on this news release should be directed to Peter O'Connor or Pam Afghan, Ministry of Justice press office.