Rule of Law
Inquiry by the Constitution Committee, 11 March 2025 to 9 July 2026. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 13th Report - The rule of law: holding the line against tyranny and anarchy (20 November 2025)
- Letter from David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice to Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee, responding to the Committee's report on The Rule of Law (23 February 2026)
- Government Response to the Committee's report on The Rule of Law (23 February 2026)
Evidence sessions
- : Shabana Mahmood, UK Government
- 26 March 2025: Professor Jeff King, University College London; Dr Jan van Zyl Smit, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law; Professor Adam Tomkins, University of Glasgow
- 2 April 2025: Lord Sumption; Baroness Hale of Richmond
- 23 April 2025: Dr. Ronan Cormacain, (self-employed); Sir Stephen Laws KC, Policy Exchange; Sir Stephen Laws KC, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel; Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society
- 7 May 2025: JUSTICE; Public Law Project
- 14 May 2025: Legal Aid Practitioners Group; Law Centres Network; Citizens Advice Bureau
- 21 May 2025: Joshua Rozenberg, Legal commentator; Frances Gibb, The Times
- 11 June 2025: Ashley Hodges, Young Citizens; Daniel Scrase, BPP University Social Impact Team
- 18 June 2025: John Larkin KC; James Wolffe KC
- 25 June 2025: Chris Nelson, Gloucestershire Constabulary; Serena Kennedy, Merseyside Police
- 2 July 2025: Mick Antoniw MS, Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament
- 2 July 2025: Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic; Mark Lewis, World Justice Project
- 16 July 2025: Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Vos, Judiciary of England and Wales
- 10 September 2025: Lord Hermer, Attorney General's Office