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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

Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry by the Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, 26 November 2020 to 30 May 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 10 December 2020: Professor Alison Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge; Sir Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel 2006–12, Senior Fellow, Policy Exchange 2018-present
  • 17 December 2020: Lord Lisvane; Sir Malcolm Jack KCB
  • 7 January 2021: Baroness Hale of Richmond; Lord Sumption
  • 14 January 2021: Sir Oliver Letwin; Lord Butler of Brockwell
  • 21 January 2021: Professor Anne Twomey; Professor Philippe Lagasse
  • 28 January 2021: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield; Professor Robert Hazell
  • 4 February 2021: Margaret Beckett
  • 11 February 2021: Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Cabinet Office; Lord True, Cabinet Office; Peter Lee, Cabinet Office