Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution

Constitution Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 17 Oct 2024 Closed: 4 Jul 2025 Parliament page
Responsibility for specific areas of the constitution is spread broadly across government and roles are often overlapping. The Committee is conducting a short inquiry into where executive responsibility for the UK constitution as a whole lies within the new Government, with a focus on how responsible ministers are to work … Read more
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
1 Letter
8 Events
Activity timeline 15 events
31 Mar
2025
Report published
28 Jan
2025
Report published
15 Jan
2025
Correspondence
11 Dec
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
11 Dec
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
4 Dec
2024
Oral evidence
4 Dec
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
28 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
28 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
20 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
20 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
13 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
4 Dec 2024
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Oral Evidence
The Lord Sedwill GCMG · UK Government
28 Nov 2024
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Oral Evidence
Rt Hon Michael Gove · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
20 Nov 2024
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Oral Evidence
Darren Tierney · Department for International Trade Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP · UK Government Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP · UK Government
30 Oct 2024
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Oral Evidence
Alex Thomas · Institute for Government
Correspondence 1 letter
15 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from Lord Sedwill GCMG to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee (9 January 2025)
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