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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 effectiveness and influence of the select committee system inquiry

Inquiry by the Liaison Committee (Commons), 18 December 2018 to 18 December 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 29 April 2019: Dame Una O'Brien DCB, former Permanent Secretary; Sir Richard Mottram GCB, former Permanent Secretary; Rt Hon. Charles Clarke, former Secretary of State; Professor Meg Russell, Director, The Constitution Unit, University College London; Dr Hannah White, Deputy Director, Institute for Government; Dr Ruth Fox, Director, Hansard Society; and Professor Tony Wright, Emeritus Professor of Government and Public Policy, University College London.
  • 8 May 2019: Ruth Chambers, Senior Parliamentary Affairs Associate, Green Alliance, Kayley Hignell, Head of Policy (Families, Welfare and Work), Citizens Advice, Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive, Local Government Association, and Ed Cox, Director of Public Services and Communities, RSA; Professor Adam Cygan, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, Dr Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government, Dr Holger Hestermeyer, Shell Reader in International Dispute Resolution, King’s College London, and Dr Jack Simson Caird, Senior Research Fellow in Parliaments and the Rule of Law, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.
  • 13 May 2019: Esther Webber, Political Reporter, The Times, and Carole Walker, former Political correspondent, BBC; Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Leader of the House of Commons.