Clare Short

Abolition of the Death Penalty

To campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances and to raise awareness of death penalty cases.

Chair: Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)
Vice Chairs: Peter Bottomley (Conservative); Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour)
Treasurer: Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat)
Secretary: Stephen Pound (Labour)

Sustainable Housing

To provide a platform in Parliament for MPs and Peers to debate and make policy proposals on sustainable new housing.

Co-chairs: David Curry (Conservative); Nick Raynsford (Labour)
Treasurer: Lembit Öpik (Liberal Democrat)

Genocide Prevention

To ensure that the UK does all it can to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity; to increase the flow of independent information and analysis to UK parliamentarians about genocide; to support parliamentarians in improving the effectiveness of their scrutiny of government; and to promote understanding of the importance of long-term approaches to genocide prevention.

Chair: John Bercow (Conservative)
Vice-Chairs: Ann McKechin (Labour), Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat)

Lighting

To extend the knowledge of MPs and peers of lighting issues in respect of constituency concerns and government policy; to link lighting issues into local authority and cross-cutting policy; and to promote improved application of lighting technologies.

Joint Chairs: Joan Walley (Labour), Tony Baldry (Conservative)
Secretary: Clive Efford (Labour)

Spinal Cord Injury

To look at specific issues being faced by Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) people, particularly relating to medical treatment, care, support and developments in treatments, as well as social care and wider issues that affect the lives of SCI people.

Chair: Ian Lucas (Labour)
Vice-Chair: Nigel Griffiths (Labour)
Treasurer: Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Secretary: Phil Willis (Liberal Democrat)

Trafficking of Women and Children

To raise awareness of the scale and effects of trafficking of women and children into the UK and the EU; to seek solutions to reduce supply and demand; and to improve welfare provisions for victims.

Chair: Anthony Steen (Conservative)
Joint Vice-Chairs: Clare Short (Independent), Shailesh Vara (Conservative), Baroness Butler-Sloss (Crossbench)
Joint Treasurers: Peter Bone (Conservative), Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Liberal Democrat)
Joint Secretaries: Louise Ellman (Labour), Julie Kirkbride (Conservative), Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat)

Extraordinary Rendition

To act as a forum for discussion and analysis of Extraordinary Rendition and related issues.

Chair: Andrew Tyrie (Conservative)
Vice-Chairs: Chris Mullin (Labour), Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)
Treasurer: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative)

Tribal Peoples

To raise parliamentary and public awareness of tribal peoples; to promote action inside and outside of Parliament in support of tribal peoples; and to ensure that government does all it can to help threatened tribal peoples.

Chair: Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat)
Treasurer: John Bercow (Conservative)
Secretary: Diane Abbott (Labour)