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26 July 2007

The following Parliamentary Reports were published on 26 July 2007.

• House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution report on the relationship between the executive, the judiciary and parliament
• House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee report on the creation of the Ministry of Justice

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has said: "We welcome the reports and the detailed analysis that they provide.  They will require careful consideration and the judiciary will respond in due course."

Notes for Editors:

House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution report on the relationship between the executive, the judiciary and parliament.

The report is available at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldconst/151/151.pdf
(PDF 1.66mb)

The evidence given by the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Igor Judge, Thomas LJ and the members of the JCO is available at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldconst.htm#evid

House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee report on the creation of the Ministry of Justice

The report is available at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmconst/466/466.pdf
(PDF 478kb)

The evidence given by the Lord Chief Justice, Thomas LJ and Lord Falconer is available at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmconst/uc466-ii/uc46602.htm