Legislative Process inquiry

Inquiry by the Constitution Committee, 7 September 2016 to 7 September 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

The Legislative Process: Preparing Legislation for Parliament - Evidence (Corrected oral and written evidence taken on the inquiry on The Legislative Process: Preparing Legislation for Parliament) (24 October 2017)
4th Report - The Legislative Process: Preparing Legislation for Parliament (25 October 2017)
HM Government Response to the Committee's report on The Legislative Process: Preparing Legislation for Parliament (16 April 2018)
16th Report - The Legislative Process: The Delegation of Powers (20 November 2018)
HM Government response to the Committee's report on The Legislative Process: The Delegation of Powers (30 January 2019)
24th Report - The Legislative Process: The Passage of Bills Through Parliament (8 July 2019)
HM Government response to the Committee's report on The Legislative Process: The Passage of Bills Through Parliament (4 November 2019)

Evidence sessions

2 November 2016: Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society; and Sir Richard Mottram, Better Government Initiative
9 November 2016: Jill Rutter, Institute for Government; Jonathan Breckon, Alliance for Useful Evidence; and Dr David Halpern, Behavioural Insights Team, Cabinet Office
16 November 2016: Emran Mian, Social Market Foundation; Chris Walker, Independent Housing Consultant; Alison Harvey, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association; Peter Jorro, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers; Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals; Judge Michael Clements, President of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber; and Judge Julian Phillips, Resident Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
23 November 2016: Daniel Greenberg, former Parliamentary Counsel; Michael Clancy OBE, Law Society of Scotland; Robert Khan, Director of Public Affairs, Law Society of England and Wales; Andrew Walker QC, Vice Chairman-Elect of the Bar Council and the Vice Chairman of the Bar Council Law Reform Committee; and Sir Stephen Laws, former Parliamentary Counsel
7 December 2016: Rt Hon. Steve Webb, former MP and Minister of State for Pensions; Rt Hon. Professor Paul Burstow, former MP and Minister of State for Health, and Chair of the Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill; and Martin Hoskins, former Specialist Adviser to the Joint Committees on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill and the Draft Communications Data Bill
14 December 2016: Rt Hon. David Lidington MP, Leader of the House of Commons; Elizabeth Gardiner, First Parliamentary Counsel; David Cook, Second Parliamentary Counsel.
21 December 2016: Sir David Bean, Chairman, the Law Commission; Professor David Ormerod, Law Commissioner for Criminal Law and Evidence
11 January 2017: Professor Richard Susskind OBE
25 January 2017: Baroness Fookes, Chair of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory reform Committee, House of Lords
1 February 2017: Professor John Bell, University of Cambridge; Professor Paul Craig, University of Oxford and Professor Alison Young, University of Oxford
8 February 2017: Rt Hon. Baroness Smith of Basildon, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, and Rt Hon. Lord Newby, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, House of Lords
6 June 2018: Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Co director, Centre for Democratic Engagement, University of Leeds; Dr Louise Thompson, Lecturer in British Politics, University of Surrey.
6 June 2018: Professor Meg Russell; Director, UCL Constitution Unit, University College London; Dr Ruth Fox, Director and Head of Research, Hansard Society; Mr Daniel Gover, Research Fellow, Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
13 June 2018: Daniel Greenberg, former Parliamentary Counsel
13 June 2018: Sir David Beamish, Former Clerk of the Parliaments Lord Lisvane, Former Clerk of the Commons
5 September 2018: The Rt Hon Lord Newby, Leader of Liberal Democrat Peers; The Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead, Convenor of Crossbench Peers
12 September 2018: Baroness Smith of Basildon, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
24 October 2018: Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Leader of the House of Commons; Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, Leader of the House of Lords.