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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

The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards inquiry

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 7 February 2018 to 8 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 21 March 2018: Graham Enderby, Mark Neary, Lucy Series, Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University, and Alexander Ruck Keene, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers.
  • 28 March 2018: Nicholas Paines QC, Commissioner, Law Commission , Tim Spencer-Lane, Lawyer, Law Commission, Betsey Lau-Robinson, Head of Safeguarding Adults, the Mental Capacity Act and Prevent, University College London Hospital, and Stephen Chandler, Director, Adult Social Services, Somerset Council.