Industry and Regulators Committee

Lords select committee, since 14 April 2021. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Industry and Regulators Committee was appointed to consider matters relating to industry, including the policies of His Majesty’s Government to promote industrial growth, skills and competitiveness, and to scrutinise the work of UK regulators.

Inquiries

• The relationship between the Government and the defence industry (2 June 2026)
• Water regulation (10 November 2025)
• Water regulation (7 October 2025)
• Regulators and growth (7 October 2025)
• Office for Nuclear Regulation (15 July 2025)
• The Building Safety Regulator (17 June 2025 to 8 June 2026)
• The energy grid and grid connections (8 January 2025 to 4 November 2025)
• Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training (17 April 2024 to 11 February 2025)
• The regulation of property agents (21 February 2024 to 21 May 2024)
• Net Zero Follow up (29 January 2024 to 12 February 2024)
• UK Regulators (18 October 2023 to 9 September 2024)
• Follow-up: Ofwat, the water industry and the role of the Government (8 June 2023 to 14 December 2023)
• The work of the Office for Students (3 March 2023 to 21 May 2024)
• The use of LDI by pension funds (2 November 2022 to 7 February 2023)
• The work of Ofwat (20 May 2022 to 16 October 2023)
• Parliamentary scrutiny of regulators (20 April 2022 to 26 May 2022)
• Commercial insurance and reinsurance regulation (14 January 2022 to 28 April 2022)
• Regulatory costs in the financial sector (29 June 2021 to 15 July 2021)
• Ofgem and net zero (16 June 2021 to 20 January 2023)
• Plan for Growth (27 May 2021 to 5 July 2022)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Citizens Advice (4)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (4)
• National Infrastructure Commission (4)
• Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (3)
• Department for Education (3)
• HM Treasury (3)
• Octopus Energy (3)
• Building Safety Regulator (2)
• Centrica (2)
• Department for Education and Skills (2)
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2)
• EDF Energy (2)
• Financial Conduct Authority (2)
• Frontier Economics (2)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (2)