The powers of the House of Commons to call for papers inquiry

Inquiry by the Procedure Committee, 16 January 2019 to 9 September 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 9th Report - The House's power to call for papers: procedure and practice (20 May 2019)
• 3rd Special Report - The House's power to call for papers: procedure and practice: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report (16 September 2019)

Evidence sessions

• 30 January 2019: Rt Hon the Lord Morris of Aberavon KG QC
• 20 February 2019: Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Solicitor General, Joanna Cherry QC MP, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Justice)
• 27 February 2019: Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, and Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox QC MP, Attorney General for England and Wales; Sir David Natzler KCB, Clerk of the House of Commons, and Mark Hutton, Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons