Constitutional Affairs Committee


The Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee of the United Kingdom was a select committee of the House of Commons which looked into the expenditure, policy and administration of the Department for Constitutional Affairs and associated public bodies. Following the reorganization of the Department of Constitutional Affairs and Home Affairs Committee and until the end of the 2006-2007 parliamentary session, the committee oversaw the Ministry of Justice. The committee has been replaced by the Justice Committee.

Remit

The Committee's remit also covered other departments for which the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor is responsible to Parliament, namely, the , , the , the , and the . The Committee has also launched an into the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act.
In March 2006, the committee said it would inquire into party funding and would interview the Labour party's chief fundraiser Lord Levy who had been implicated in the Cash for Peerages scandal.