{"value":{"id":691420,"memberId":3983,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Secretary of State for the Home Department","uin":"HCWS480","dateMade":"2017-02-20T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Appointment of Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation","text":"<p>I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Max Hill QC as the new Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation.</p><p>Mr Hill has been a QC for nine years and has extensive experience both defending and prosecuting complex cases involving terrorism, homicide, violent crime, high value fraud and corporate crime. He successfully prosecuted the 21/7 bombers, and he appeared in the inquest into the 7/7 bombings. He also sits as a Recorder at the Old Bailey.</p><p>Mr Hill will take up this role from 1 March 2017. He takes over from David Anderson QC, who has served as Independent Reviewer with great distinction since 2011, and to whom I am extremely grateful for the significant contribution he has made.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":3,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":691422,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-02-20T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/691420","method":"GET"}]}