"specific and limited way". On 6 July 2022, Lewis told Johnson he needed to step down from office due to a loss in support, during the July 2022 government crisis. Lewis resigned on 7 July, after turning down offers of promotion from Johnson, saying the Government was no longer upholding "honesty, integrity and mutual respect". Between Ministries Lewis ran Nadhim Zahawi's campaign in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. After Zahawi was eliminated from the contest, Lewis endorsed Liz Truss's leadership bid. Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Lewis was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 6 September 2022 after Liz Truss became the prime minister. On 29 September, Lewis negotiated a deal with the Criminal Bar Association to end the 2022 British barristers' industrial action. The deal included a 15% increase in legal aid fees to cases in the Crown Court, £3,000,000 of funding for case preparation and £4,000,000 for prerecorded cross-examinations of vulnerable victims and witnesses. On 10 October, 57% of barristers voted to end the strike and Crown Court cases began to be heard as normal from 11 October. Return to the backbenches On 25 October 2022, Lewis resigned from the front bench upon the ascension of Rishi Sunak to the Prime Ministership and returned to the backbenches. He was succeeded as Justice Secretary by Dominic Raab. Personal life Lewis married Justine Rappolt in 1999; the couple have two children. He completed the London Marathon in 2005 and 2008 and lists triathlon as an interest. He is a member of the Carlton Club. Honours On 29 September 2016, Lewis was sworn in to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, giving him the honorific title "The Right Honourable" for life. In the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for political and public service in September 2019. Notes References External links Official website Great Yarmouth Conservatives |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1971 births Alumni of the University of Buckingham Alumni of King's College London Brentwood councillors Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Ministers of State for Housing (UK) Chairmen of the Conservative Party (UK) Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland Living people Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow People from Harold Wood