These pages only show information for this committee from the start of 2020 onwards. Earlier information can be found on the previous version of the UK Parliament website.
View previous Constitution Committee website5 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Report:
Published
On 4 September 2020
Govt. response:
Published
On 1 December 2020
Opened 25 July 2019
Constitutional implications of COVID‑19
Report:
Published
On 10 June 2021
Govt. response:
Published
On 16 September 2021
Opened 13 May 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Report:
Published
On 16 October 2020
Govt. response:
Published
On 23 December 2020
Opened 16 September 2020
Future Governance of the UK
Opened 19 March 2021
Revision of the Cabinet Manual
Report:
Published
On 8 July 2021
Govt. response:
Overdue
Since 8 September 2021
Opened 25 March 2021
Non-inquiry work
Legislative scrutiny
Legislative scrutiny focuses on a particular piece of legislation, sometimes in draft form. The committee might consider it in private, or may take evidence.
Regular evidence sessions
Some committees take evidence from certain officeholders or organisations on a regular basis outside the structure of an inquiry.
Latest news
Report published on the Revision of the Cabinet Manual
The Committee publishes short report on its inquiry into the Revision of the Cabinet Manual
8 July 2021
Report published on the use and scrutiny of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Constitution Committee publishes its third and final report for its inquiry into the constitutional implications of COVID-19.
10 June 2021
Constitution Committee seeks new legal adviser
The Select Committee on the Constitution is inviting applications for the vacant post of one of its legal advisers.
19 May 2021
Upcoming events
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
20 October 2021 - 10am to midday
Room 4, Palace of Westminster
Visit
21 October 2021 - 12:30pm to 4:30pm
Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru), Cardiff
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
27 October 2021 - 10am to midday
Hybrid meeting - to be confirmed
Visit
28 October 2021 - 10:15am to 4:30pm
Scottish Parliament and UK Government Office in Scotland, Edinburgh
Formal meeting
10 November 2021 - 10am to midday
To be confirmed
Latest publications
Contact us
- Email: constitution@parliament.uk
- Phone: 020 7219 8042 (committee staff) | 020 7219 5986 (Press Officer)
- Address: Constitution Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW