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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 December 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:^[2]^[3]

Member	Party		Constituency
Harriet Harman (Chair)		Labour	Camberwell and Peckham
Lord Alton of Liverpool		Crossbench	Lords
Joanna Cherry		Scottish National	Edinburgh South West
Lord Dholakia		Liberal Democrat	Lords
Lord Henley		Conservative	Lords
Caroline Johnson		Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws		Labour	Lords
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon		Labour	Lords
Baroness Meyer		Conservative	Lords
Bell Ribeiro-Addy		Labour	Streatham
Jill Mortimer		Conservative	Hartlepool
David Simmonds		Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

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