The members of the Joint Committee which conducted this Inquiry were:

Vera Baird  Earl of Dundee

Virginia Bottomley  Baroness Gould of Potternewton

David Chidgey  Baroness Hooper

Ann Coffey  Baroness Howarth of Breckland

Jonathan Shaw  Baroness Massey of Darwen (until 2 Clive Soley (Chairman)  March)

  Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (from 2   March)

  Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Interests relevant to this inquiry:

Vera Baird

Occasional cases as Queen's Counsel remunerated by the Legal Services Commission

Involvement with Women's Aid work in Redcar

Baroness Gould of Potternewton

Patron, Brighton Women's Centre

Chair, East Sussex Women's Refuge Project - fund raising committee

Baroness Howarth of Breckland

Board Member (deputy chair) of CAFCASS (Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service)

Member, British Association of Social Workers

Associate, Association of Directors of Social Services

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (Vice Chair and Trustee)

Chair of the Board of the Children's Helplines International

Little Hearts Matter (Trustee and Patron)

Patron, National Youth Advocacy Scheme

Full lists of Members' interests are recorded in the Commons Register of Members' Interests and the Lords Register of Interests.