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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Democracy, free speech and freedom of association inquiry

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 8 January 2019 to 8 January 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 30 January 2019: Vicky Ford MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women in Parliament, Sir Graham Brady MP, Chair, 1922 Committee, Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability, Julie Elliott MP, and John Cryer MP, Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • 24 April 2019: Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Chair of the Consultative Panel on Parliamentary Security, Eric Hepburn, Director of Security for Parliament, Commander Adrian Usher, Commander Protection Command, Specialist Operations, and Marcial Boo, Chief Executive, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority .
  • 1 May 2019: Rebecca Stimson, UK Head of Public Policy and Katy Minshall, Head of UK Government, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Twitter.
  • 8 May 2019: Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service; Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Metropolitan Police, Neil Basu QPM, Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Operations, and Commander Jane Connors, Commander Major Operations, Metropolitan Police Service (at 4.00pm).
  • 15 May 2019: Jodie Ginsberg, Chief Executive Officer, Index on Censorship, Jacob Rowbottom, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford, and Richard Wingfield, Head of Legal, Global Partners Digital.