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1 House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session

2 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) MP (Conservative, Northampton North) Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West) Lorraine Fullbrook MP (Conservative, South Ribble) MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge) Tim Loughton MP (Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham) Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour, Bolton South East) Mr 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 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 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 ; the Committee s address is homeaffcom@parliament.uk.

3 2 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Proceedings of the Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 10 June 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Mark Reckless 1. Future programme 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 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 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 Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.

4 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 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 [Adjourned till Wednesday 11 June 2014 at 3.00 p.m.]

5 4 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 11 June 2014 Ian Austin James Clappison Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Mark Reckless 1. Tobacco smuggling 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 Future programme [Adjourned till Tuesday 17 June 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

6 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 17 June 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Yasmin Qureshi Mark Reckless 1. The work of HM Passport Office 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 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.]

7 6 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 24 June 2014 Ian Austin 1. Future programme 2. Consideration of Special Report: Leadership and standards in the police: follow up: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session Draft Special Report (Leadership and standards in the police: follow up: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session ), 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 , 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) 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 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 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Les May; Brian Bamford; Eddie Sharrock; and John Walker (LCG 01-04). 8. Policing and mental health

8 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Policing and mental health be reported to the House for publication on the internet: David Mery further supplementary (PMH 44). 9. The work of HM Passport Office Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of HM Passport Office be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, 20 June [Adjourned till Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 3.00 p.m.]

9 8 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 25 June 2014 Yasmin Qureshi Mark Reckless 1. Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan Draft Report (Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan), 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 Second Report of the Committee, HC Future programme [Adjourned till Tuesday 1 July 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

10 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 1 July 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Yasmin Qureshi Mark Reckless 1. Future programme 2. 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: Black Mental Health UK (PMH 45). Matilda MacAttram, Director, Black Mental Health UK, Dominic Williamson, Chief Executive, Revolving Doors Agency, and Pat Kenny, Member of Revolving Doors National Service User Forum; Deborah Coles, Co-Director, INQUEST, Tony Herbert and Barbara Montgomery, parents of James Herbert, gave oral evidence. 3. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Simon Danczuk MP, gave oral evidence. 4. Specialist Adviser Ordered, That Charlie Edwards, Director National Security & Resilience, RUSI, be reappointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in its Serious and organised crime inquiry. 5. The work of HM Passport Office 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 Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, 25 June The work of the Immigration Directorates (2013 Q4) 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 Soren Lundsberg-Nielsen, Group General Counsel, G4S plc, 27 June [Adjourned till Tuesday 8 July 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

11 10 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 8 July 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Yasmin Qureshi Mark Reckless 1. Future programme 2. The work of HM Passport Office Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, and Registrar General for England and Wales, gave oral evidence. 3. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, 5 July 2014 (LCG 05). Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence. 4. Gangs and youth crime Carol Davies and Tom Sackville, Catch22 Dawes Unit, and Junior Smart and Antoinette Harriott, St Giles Trust, gave oral evidence. 5. Radicalisation in schools Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Radicalisation in schools be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 24 June [Adjourned till Monday 14 July 2014 at 2.45 p.m.]

12 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Monday 14 July 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook 1. Future programme 2. Consideration of Special Report: Reform of the Police Federation: Government Response to the Committee s Eighteenth Report of Session Draft Special Report (Reform of the Police Federation: Government Response to the Committee s Eighteenth Report of Session ), 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 Home Affairs Committee, Session , 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. 3. The work of the Home Secretary Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Sam Smith and Phil Booth, medconfidential (WHS 01). Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence. 4. Draft Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair write to the Home Secretary on the Committee s behalf about the draft Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill. (The Chair.) The Committee divided. Ayes, 4 Noes, 1 Ian Austin Lorraine Fullbrook

13 12 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session The Committee considered a draft letter, proposed by the Chair. Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair write to the Home Secretary in the terms set out in the draft letter which the Committee has considered. (The Chair.) The Committee divided. Ayes, 4 Noes, 1 Ian Austin Lorraine Fullbrook Ordered, That the Chair write to the Home Secretary in the terms set out in the draft letter which the Committee has considered. 5. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, 11 July 2014 (LCG 06). 6. Female Genital Mutilation Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Female Genital Mutilation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) correction (FGM 60). 7. The work of HM Passport Office 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 Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, and Registrar General for England and Wales, 14 July The work of the Immigration Directorates (2013 Q4) 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 Dr Bob McGuiness, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Serco UK, dated 7 July 2014; and Letter from Emma Mlotshwa, Co-ordinator, Medical Justice, dated 14 May The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, dated 25 June [Adjourned till Tuesday 22 July 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

14 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 22 July 2014 Paul Flynn 1. Future programme 2. The work of the Immigration Directorates (October December 2013) Draft Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (October December 2013)), 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 Third Report of the Committee, HC Consideration of Special Report: The work of the Immigration Directorates (April September 2013): Government Response to the Committee s Fifteenth Report of Session Draft Special Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (April September 2013): Government Response to the Committee s Fifteenth Report of Session ), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government s response to the Fifteenth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session , 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. 4. The work of the Border Force Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force, gave oral evidence. 5. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, and Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas & Immigration Directorate, gave oral evidence. 6. Policing and mental health

15 14 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Mark Standing (PMH 46). [Adjourned till Tuesday 2 September 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

16 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 2 September 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Yasmin Qureshi Mark Reckless 1. Future programme 2. 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: College of Paramedics (PMH 47). Inspector Michael Brown, West Midlands Police, gave oral evidence. 3. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, 20 August 2014; Letter from Lord Hall, Director General, BBC, 21 August 2014; Letter from Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police, 22 August 2014; Letter from James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC, to David Crompton, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, 29 August 2014; Letter from Martin Hewitt, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, to the Chair of the Committee, 29 August 2014; Letter from Gideon Benaim, on behalf of Michael Simkins LLP, to the Chair of the Committee, 1 September 2014; Letter from Martin Hewitt, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, to the Chair of the Committee, 2 September 2014 (PME 01-07). Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police, gave oral evidence. 4. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police, gave oral evidence. 5. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Lord Hall of Birkenhead, Director General, James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, and Jonathan Munro, Head of Newsgathering, BBC, gave oral evidence. 6. Gangs and youth crime

17 16 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Gangs and youth crime be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Mark Rostron; Catch22 Dawes Unit supplementary (GYC 28-29). 7. The work of the Border Force Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Border Force be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force, 1 August The work of HM Passport Office 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 Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office, 26 August [Adjourned till Wednesday 3 September 2014 at 3.00 p.m.]

18 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 3 September 2014 Paul Flynn Mark Reckless 1. Her Majesty s Passport Office: delays in processing applications Draft Report (Her Majesty s Passport Office: delays in processing applications), 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 Fourth Report of the Committee, HC Future programme 3. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police, 3 September 2014 (PME 08). [Adjourned till Tuesday 9 September 2014 at 2.15 p.m.]

19 18 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 9 September 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Mark Reckless 1. Future programme 2. Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Jayne Senior, Former Project Manager, Risky Business; Former Researcher, Home Office funded research and development project, and Dr Angie Heal, Research Associate, Justice and Sexual Violence Project, gave oral evidence in private. Ordered, that Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC not appear as witnesses on this date. Chief Constable David Crompton QPM and former Chief Constable Meredydd John Hughes CBE QPM, South Yorkshire Police; Martin Kimber, Chief Executive, and Joyce Thacker OBE, Strategic Director for Children, Young People and Families, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council; Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, gave oral evidence on oath. Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Former Home Office researcher; Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police, dated 5 September 2014; Shaun Wright, S Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner; Chief Constable David Crompton, S Yorkshire Police, dated 8 September 2014; and Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC, dated 9 September 2014 (LCG 07-11). 3. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police, 5 September 2014; Letter from James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC, 5 September 2014 (PME 10-11). 4. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, 2 September [Adjourned till Tuesday 14 October 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

20 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 14 October 2014 James Clappison Paul Flynn 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee visit Cambridge for a seminar, in connection with its inquiry into Drugs policy. 2. Gangs and youth crime Dr Charlie Howard, MAC-UK and Lorraine Khan, Centre for Mental Health, gave oral evidence. 3. The work of the National Crime Agency Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to the work of the National Crime Agency be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, 8 October Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, gave oral evidence. 4. European Arrest Warrant Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service, gave oral evidence. 5. Child sexual exploitation & the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation & the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner; Dr Angie Heal; Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC; Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary; Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police; Councillor Harry Harpham, Chair, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel; and Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police (LCG 12-18). 6. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations

21 20 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Dan Johnson, BBC News; and Detective Superintendent Matt Fenwick, South Yorkshire Police (PME 12-13). 7. 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: Howard League for Penal Reform; Alex Crisp; and Michael Brown supplementary (PMH 50-52). 8. The work of the Border Force Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Border Force be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force, 8 September The work of HM Passport Office 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 Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 26 September The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q1) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from John Keefe, Director of Public Affairs, Groupe Eurotunnel, 26 September [Adjourned till Wednesday 15 October 2014 at 3.00 p.m.]

22 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 15 October 2014 James Clappison Lorraine Fullbrook 1. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Carrie Goodwin, Head of Corporate Communications, South Yorkshire Police (PME 14). Draft Report (Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations), 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 Fifth Report of the Committee, HC Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation & the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC; and Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation (Pace) (LCG 19-20). Draft Report (Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up), 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 Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 203. [Adjourned till Tuesday 21 October 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

23 22 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 21 October 2014 Ian Austin Paul Flynn 1. Future programme 2. Historic child abuse Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Historic child abuse be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Fiona Woolf, Chair of the independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, 21 October Fiona Woolf, Chair of the independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, gave oral evidence. 3. Policing and mental health Lord Adebowale CBE, Chief Executive, Turning Point; David Davis, College of Paramedics, Karla Wilson-Palmer, Royal College of Nursing, and Dr Mary Jane Tacchi, Royal College of Psychiatrists, gave oral evidence. 4. Child sexual exploitation & the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation & the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Martin Kimber, Chief Executive, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council; and Chief Constable David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police (LCG 21-22). 5. Consideration of Special Report: The work of the Immigration Directorates (October December 2013): Government Response to the Committee s Third Report of Session Draft Special Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (October-December 2013): Government Response to the Committee s Third Report of Session ), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government s response to the Third Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session , 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.

24 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session [Adjourned till Tuesday 28 October 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

25 24 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 28 October 2014 Ian Austin James Clappison Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook 1. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act Ordered, That Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner, attend the Committee on 4 November Serious and Organised Crime Resolved, That the Committee visit Dubai, in connection with its inquiry into Serious and Organised Crime. 3. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) Natacha Bouchart, Mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet, Deputy Mayor of Calais, and Emmanuel Aguis, First Deputy to the Mayor, gave oral evidence. 4. Policing and mental health Sergeant Ian Kressinger, Devon & Cornwall Police, and Sergeant Andy Shaw, Essex Police; Simon Cole, Leicestershire Police, Former ACPO lead on mental health, and Mark Smith, Head of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, British Transport Police, gave oral evidence. In the absence of the Chair, was called to the Chair. Simon Cole, Leicestershire Police, Former ACPO lead on mental health, and Mark Smith, Head of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, British Transport Police, gave further oral evidence. 5. Consideration of special report: Tobacco smuggling: Government Response to the Committee s First Report of Session Draft Special Report (Tobacco smuggling: Government Response to the Committee s First Report of Session ), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

26 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session The Government s response to the First Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session , 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. 6. Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Gideon Benaim, Michael Simkins LLP, 22 October Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Joint letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, and Sir Hugh Orde OBE, QPM, President, Association of Chief Police Officers, dated 22 October 2014; and letter from Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner, dated 20 October The work of the Border Force Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Border Force be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force, dated 15 October [Adjourned till Tuesday 4 November 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

27 26 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 4 November 2014 Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Tim Loughton 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee visit Calais and Paris, in connection with its inquiry into The work of the Immigration Directorates. 2. Historic child abuse Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Historic child abuse be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Fiona Woolf, Lord Mayor of London, dated 29 October Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 The Rt Hon Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner, gave oral evidence, in accordance with the Committee s Order of 28 October. Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists; Maxine de Brunner, ACPO National Lead for Lawful Intercept, Richard Berry, ACPO National Policing Lead for Communications Data, and Chief Constable Mick Creedon, Derbyshire Constabulary, gave oral evidence. 4. The work of the National Crime Agency Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the National Crime Agency be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, dated 29 October Historic child abuse The Committee further considered this matter. [Adjourned till Tuesday 11 November 2014 at a.m.] Tuesday 11 November 2014 (First meeting)

28 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Yasmin Qureshi 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Chair write to the Home Secretary. 2. Historic child abuse Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Historic child abuse be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letters from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, dated 5 and 11 November Alison Millar, Counsel for the victims groups, Peter Saunders, Chief Executive, National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC), and Hilary Willmer, Parents against child sexual exploitation (PACE); Peter Wanless, NSPCC, and Richard Whittam QC, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till this day at 2.30 p.m.]

29 28 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 11 November 2014 (Second meeting) Lorraine Fullbrook 1. Future programme 2. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner (RIP 04). Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, gave oral evidence. 3. 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: Chief Constable Simon Cole, Leicestershire Police supplementary; and Lord Victor Adebowale CBE supplementary (PMH 53-54). Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care and Support, Ann McDonald, Deputy Director, Mental Health and Disability, Department for Health, and Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister of State for Policing, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 18 November 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

30 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 18 November 2014 Ian Austin Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Tim Loughton Yasmin Qureshi 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Counter-terrorism Bill. 2. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) Peter Cullum, Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association, John Keefe, Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel, and Tim Reardon, Head of Taxation, Ferry and Cruise, UK Chamber of Shipping; James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, and Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration Directorate, gave oral evidence. 3. 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: NHS England (PMH 55). [Adjourned till Tuesday 25 November 2014 at 2.30 p.m.]

31 30 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 25 November 2014 Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Tim Loughton 1. Effectiveness of the Committee in Draft Report (Effectiveness of the Committee in ), 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 Seventh Report of the Committee, HC Future programme 3. The work of the Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill CMG, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence. 4. Gangs and youth crime DCI Debbie Dooley, Xcalibre Task Force & Integrated Gang Management Unit, Greater Manchester Police, gave oral evidence. In the absence of the Chair, Lorraine Fullbrook was called to the Chair. John Poyton, Chief Executive, Redthread and Dr Emer Sutherland, King s College Hospital, gave oral evidence. 5. Asylum Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Asylum be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Stephen Small, Managing Director, Immigration and Borders, G4S, dated 5 July Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, dated 20 November 2014.

32 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 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: Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims; Paul Bacon, Bryan and Armstrong Solicitors; and Royal College of Psychiatrists supplementary (PMH 56-58). 8. Reform of the Police Federation Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reform of the Police Federation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Jayne Monkhouse OBE and Ian Rennie, dated 14 November The work of the Home Secretary Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, dated 20 November [Adjourned till Wednesday 3 December 2014 at 3.45 p.m.]

33 32 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 3 December 2014 James Clappison Lorraine Fullbrook Tim Loughton 1. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Draft Report (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000), 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 Eighth Report of the Committee, HC 711. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: John McDonnell MP, Secretary of the NUJ Parliamentary Group; Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, National Policing Lead for Communications Data; and Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists (RIP 05-07). 2. Consideration of special report: Police, the media, and high profile criminal investigations: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session Draft Special Report (Police, the media, and high profile criminal investigations: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session ), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government s response to the Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session , was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. Future programme 4. Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill Deputy Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball, Counter-terrorism Senior National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations, Metropolitan Police; Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty; David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, gave oral evidence. In the absence of the Chair, was called to the Chair. David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, gave oral evidence.

34 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Big Brother Watch (CTB 01). 5. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, dated 26 November 2014; Letter from James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, dated 27 November 2014; and Letter from Leigh Daynes, Executive Director, Doctors of the World UK, dated 28 November [Adjourned till Tuesday 9 December 2014 at 2.30 p.m.] Thursday 4 -- Friday 5 December 2014 The Chair, Tim Loughton and visited Paris and Calais, in connection with its inquiry into The work of the Immigration Directorates, in accordance with the Committee s decision of Tuesday 4 November 2014.

35 34 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 9 December 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood Paul Flynn Tim Loughton Yasmin Qureshi 1. Committee visit to Paris and Calais, 4 and 5 December College of Policing Sir Hugh Orde OBE, QPM, President, Association of Chief Police Officers; Steve White, Chair, and Andy Fittes, General Secretary, Police Federation of England and Wales gave oral evidence; In the absence of the Chair, Paul Flynn was called to the Chair. Steve White, Chair, and Andy Fittes, General Secretary, Police Federation of England and Wales gave oral evidence; Keith Vaz resumed the Chair Professor Dame Shirley Pearce, Chair, and Alex Marshall, Chief Executive, College of Policing, gave oral evidence. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to College of Policing be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Royal College of Radiologists; Royal College of Anaesthetists; Royal College of Physicians; and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (COP 01-04). 3. Gangs and youth crime Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Gangs and youth crime be reported to the House for publication on the internet: DCI Debbie Dooley, Manchester Police (GYC 30). 4. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Sir Bernard Hogan- Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner (RIP 08). [Adjourned till Monday 15 December 2014 at 4.15 p.m.]

36 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Monday 15 December 2014 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Tim Loughton Yasmin Qureshi 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Out-of-Court Disposals. 2. The work of the Home Secretary Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, gave oral evidence. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letters from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, dated 8, 11, 11 and 15 December Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner (RIP 09). 4. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Peter Cullum, Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association, dated 10 December [Adjourned till Wednesday 17 December 2014 at a.m.]

37 36 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Wednesday 17 December 2014 Ian Austin Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook 1. The work of the Immigration Directorates (January-June 2014) Draft Report (The work of the Immigration Directorates (January June 2014)), 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 Ninth Report of the Committee, HC Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Center for Democracy & Technology (CTS 02). [Adjourned till Tuesday 6 January 2015 at 2.30 p.m.]

38 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 6 January 2015 Ian Austin Nicola Blackwood James Clappison Paul Flynn Lorraine Fullbrook Tim Loughton Yasmin Qureshi 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Police Information Notices. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Police bail. 2. Out-of-Court Disposals Richard Monkhouse, Chairman, Magistrates' Association; Chief Constable Lynne Owens, QPM, Surrey Police, National Policing Lead on Out-of-Court Disposals, gave oral evidence. 3. 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 and the Department of Health (PMH 59). 4. The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2) be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Lord Bates, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information, Home Office, dated 23 December [Adjourned till Tuesday 13 January at 2.30 p.m.]

39 38 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 13 January 2015 James Clappison Paul Flynn Tim Loughton 1. Future programme 2. Police Information Notices Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Thames Valley Police, Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan QPM, Greater Manchester Police, ACPO lead for Stalking and Harassment, and Martin Richards QPM, former Chief Constable of Sussex Police; Katy Bourne, Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, and Kevin Hurley, Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, gave oral evidence. 3. Counter-terrorism in Europe Rob Wainwright, Director, Europol, gave oral evidence. 4. Policing in London Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor of London, gave oral evidence. 5. College of Policing Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to College of Policing be reported to the House for publication on the internet: College of Policing (COP 05). 6. Out-of-Court Disposals Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Out-of-Court Disposals be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Chief Constable Lynne Owens, QPM, Surrey Police, 8 January [Adjourned till Tuesday 20 January at 2.15 p.m.]

40 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session Tuesday 20 January 2015 Paul Flynn Tim Loughton 1. Gangs and youth crime Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister of State for Crime Prevention, gave oral evidence. 2. Independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse Drusilla Sharpling CBE, Member, Professor Jenny Pearce OBE, Member, Sharon Evans, Member, and Professor Alexis Jay OBE, Expert Advisor, Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, gave oral evidence. 3. Police National Database Chief Constable Paul Crowther OBE, British Transport Police, gave oral evidence. 4. Out-of-Court Disposals Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Out-of-Court Disposals be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Magistrates' Association; and Nacro [OCD 02 and 04]. 5. The work of the Home Secretary Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Letter from Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, 15 January [Adjourned till Monday 26 January at 3.20 p.m.]