Joint Committee on Human Rights

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider human rights issues in the United Kingdom. ^[1]

Membership

As of January 2025 ^[update] , the members of the committee are as follows: ^[2]

Member	Party		Constituency / Peerage
David Alton 0(Chair)		Crossbench	Baron Alton of Liverpool
Juliet Campbell		Labour	Broxtowe
Navnit Dholakia		Liberal Democrat	Baron Dholakia
Tom Gordon		Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough
Helena Kennedy		Labour	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Afzal Khan		Labour	Manchester Rusholme
Doreen Lawrence		Labour	Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
Simon Murray		Conservative	Baron Murray of Blidworth
Alex Sobel		Labour	Leeds Central and Headingley
Peter Swallow		Labour	Bracknell
Desmond Swayne		Conservative	New Forest West

See also

• Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

References

1. "Role − Joint Committee on Human Rights". UK Parliament.
2. "Human Rights (Joint Committee) − membership". UK Parliament.

External links

• "Joint Committee on Human Rights". UK Parliament. 30 May 2024.
• The records of the Joint Committee on Human Rights are held by the Parliamentary Archives