Speaker's Conference (2024)

Commons select committee, since 14 October 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Speaker’s Conference was established on 14 October 2024 and will consider the factors influencing the threat level against candidates and MPs and the effectiveness of the response to such threats. It will make recommendations about arrangements necessary to secure free and fair elections and the appropriate protection of candidates at future UK-wide parliamentary elections and of elected representatives thereafter. It has 15 members, including Mr Speaker in the Chair.

Inquiries

• Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections (18 December 2024)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Home Office (2)
• Association for Citizenship Teaching (1)
• Association of Electoral Administrators (1)
• Behavioural Insights Team (1)
• Blavatnik School of Government (1)
• City of London Police (1)
• Conservative Party (1)
• Crown Prosecution Service (1)
• Democratic Unionist Party (1)
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (1)
• Durham Law School (1)
• Electoral Commission (1)
• Green Party (1)
• Labour Party (1)
• Liberal Democrats (1)