Lord Chancellor to be quizzed by Lords committee

The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee will tomorrow be holding a one-off session with the Rt Hon Alex Norris MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State, to discuss the work of the Ministry of Justice. 

The session will take place on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 10:30am and can be followed live on Parliament TV. 

Themes the committee is likely to investigate: 

• Priorities and challenges in the department 

• Purposeful activity in prisons and reducing reoffending 

• Capacity pressures in prisons 

• Early release 

• Pressures facing the probation service 

• Electronic Monitoring 

• Legal aid 

• Judicial appointments