Justice committee endorses selection of Sir Ashley Fox, a former Tory politician, to be head of the Independent Monitoring Authority which launches 1 January and is mandated to be independent adjudicator of complaints about EU citizens rights under W/A. But it has reservations:

"The Committee noted that Sir Ashley said he saw the Authority’s role as monitoring rights and that he does not intend to "raise hopes" that it will deal with individual citizens' complaints. However.. 1/

"the final report of the Committee on the appointment made clear that the new body is required to make a judgment on all complaints it receives, has power to initiate investigations and, if it considers it necessary, may take action up to and including seeking judicial review 2/

.."the Committee said it would also welcome an early statement from him, once he has taken up the post of Chair, on how the Authority intends to make its role and presence known to those citizens whose rights it is intended to protect. 3/

"The Committee said..that it would welcome a clear indication from the Secretary of State Robert Buckland, as the sponsor of the Authority, of the extent to which the new body should actively seek to assist EU citizens in safeguarding their rights after Brexit 4/

"The Committee invited Sir Ashley to write to it confirming, for the published record, that he will neither seek nor hold elected public office during his term as Chair of the IMA, and that he will neither seek nor undertake any role within any political party during that time."