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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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17th Report - Permanent secretaries: their appointment and removal
Inquiry The appointment and dismissal of permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants
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HL Paper 258
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Response to this report
Letter from Rt Hon Lord Pickles, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), to the Constitution Committee responding to the Committee's report on Permanent secretaries: their appointment and removal (17th Report, Session 2022–23, HL Paper 258) (15 November 2023)
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12th Report - Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Work Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
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HL Paper 140
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Government response to the Committee's report on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (10 July 2023)
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16th Report - Illegal Migration Bill
Work Illegal Migration Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
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HL Paper 200
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Government response to the Committee's report on the Illegal Migration Bill (3 July 2023)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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22 November 2023
Inquiry Voter ID
Witnesses Gideon Skinner (Head of Politics Research in Public Affairs at Ipsos UK), and Dr Glenn Gottfried (Research Manager in Public Affairs at Ipsos UK)
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15 November 2023
Inquiry Voter ID
Witnesses Graham Farrant (Chief Executive at BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Council), Cleland Sneddon (Chief Executive at South Lanarkshire Council), and Martha Matheou (Head of Electoral Services at London Borough of Sutton)
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Oral Evidence
8 November 2023
Inquiry Voter ID
Witnesses Peter Stanyon (Chief Executive at Association of Electoral Administrators)
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Written evidence

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Professor Alistair Clark (Professor of Political Science at Newcastle University) (VID0004)
Inquiry Voter ID
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Professor Toby James (Professor of Politics and Public Policy at University of East Anglia, and Co-Director at Electoral Integrity Project) (VID0005)
Inquiry Voter ID
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LGIU (VID0006)
Inquiry Voter ID
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
124 published
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
211 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
48 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
2 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

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