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Constitution Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Constitution Committee examines all public bills for constitutional implications and investigates broad constitutional issues.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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6th Report - Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
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HL Paper 126
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5th Report - Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill
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HL Paper 105
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4th Report - Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
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HL Paper 66
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Response to this report
Government Response to the 4th Report - Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
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Correspondence

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Letter from Rebecca Evans MS, following up on the Committee’s oral evidence session on 22 May 2024 (31 July 2024)
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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Letter from Rt Hon Alister Jack MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon David TC Davies MP, Secretary of State for Wales and Lord Caine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, following up on the Committee’s oral evidence session on 14 May 2024 (30 May 2024)
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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Letter from Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, following up on the Lord Chancellor's Oral Evidence Session on 20 March 2024 (15 May 2024)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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22 May 2024
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
Witnesses Rebecca Evans MS (Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office at The Welsh Government), and Andrew Goodall CBE (Permanent Secretary at The Welsh Government)
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15 May 2024
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
Witnesses Rt Hon Alister Jack MP (Secretary of State for Scotland at House of Commons), Rt Hon David TC Davies MP (Secretary of State for Wales at House of Commons), and Lord Caine (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Northern Ireland Office)
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1 May 2024
Work Annual Evidence Session with the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses The Rt Hon the Lord Reed of Allermuir (President at The Supreme Court), and The Rt Hon Lord Hodge (Deputy President at The Supreme Court)
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Written evidence

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UK Government (GOU0012)
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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Rt Hon Angus Robertson MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture at Scottish Parliament) (GOU0011)
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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Rebecca Evans MS (Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office at Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament) (GOU0010)
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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Other publications

Government Responses
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Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
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Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
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Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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  • Email: constitution@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5960 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8286 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Constitution Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW