Constitution Committee
Lords select committee, since 28 June 2001. Its page on the Parliament website.
The Constitution Committee examines all public bills for constitutional implications and investigates broad constitutional issues.
Inquiries
- Representation of the People Bill (14 October 2026)
- Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (1 July 2026)
- National Security (State Threats) Bill (25 June 2026)
- Railways Bill (24 June 2026)
- Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (24 June 2026)
- The UK’s constitutional safeguards (19 June 2026)
- Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (10 June 2026)
- Annual evidence session with the Lady Chief Justice (19 May 2026)
- One off evidence session with the Minister for the Constitution (19 May 2026)
- Annual evidence session with the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (14 April 2026)
- Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill (25 March 2026)
- Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill (25 March 2026)
- One off evidence session with the Minister for the Constitution (2 March 2026)
- Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill (5 February 2026)
- Pension Schemes Bill (13 January 2026)
- English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (13 January 2026)
- Review of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration (26 November 2025)
- One off session on consequential amendments (21 November 2025)
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (4 November 2025)
- Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect During Appeal) Bill (16 September 2025)
- Crime and Policing Bill (22 July 2025)
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (12 June 2025)
- Annual Evidence Session with the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (4 June 2025 to 4 June 2025)
- Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (21 May 2025)
- Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (8 May 2025)
- Employment Rights Bill (2 May 2025)
- Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill (1 May 2025)
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill (1 May 2025)
- Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 (23 April 2025)
- Rule of Law (11 March 2025 to 9 July 2026)
- Mental Health Bill [HL] (11 February 2025)
- Renter's Rights Bill (5 February 2025)
- Bus Services (No. 2) Bill (27 January 2025)
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (14 January 2025)
- House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill (12 December 2024)
- Football Governance Bill (11 December 2024)
- Great British Energy Bill (28 November 2024)
- Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] (15 November 2024)
- Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (18 October 2024)
- Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution (17 October 2024 to 4 July 2025)
- Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill (16 October 2024)
- Water (Special Measures) Bill (27 September 2024)
- Annual evidence session for Lady Chief Justice (21 May 2024)
- Annual Evidence Session with the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (25 April 2024 to 2 May 2024)
- The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent (21 February 2024 to 28 April 2025)
- Victims and Prisoners Bill (16 January 2024)
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (5 January 2024)
- Automated Vehicles Bill (5 December 2023)
- Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (27 November 2023)
- Voter ID (18 October 2023 to 7 February 2024)
- Evidence session with the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland (24 May 2023 to 18 July 2023)
- Illegal Migration Bill (18 May 2023)
- Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill (6 March 2023)
- Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (28 February 2023)
- The appointment and dismissal of permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants (27 February 2023 to 9 May 2024)
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (17 February 2023)
- Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (24 January 2023)
- Financial Services and Markets Bill (20 January 2023)
- Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill (2 December 2022)
- Energy Prices Bill (21 October 2022)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Cabinet Office (11)
- Ministry of Justice (9)
- Judiciary of England and Wales (7)
- Institute for Government (6)
- UK Government (6)
- The Supreme Court (5)
- University of Cambridge (4)
- University of Glasgow (4)
- Attorney General's Office (3)
- Cardiff University (3)
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (3)
- Hansard Society (3)
- House of Lords (3)
- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (3)
- University College London (3)