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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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1st Report - The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative consent
Inquiry The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent
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HL Paper 13
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Response to this report
The Chair's response to the Government's response to the committee's 'Governance of the Union' report (29 January 2025)
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Response to this report
Government response to the Committee's report on The Governance of the Union (27 November 2024)
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6th Report - Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK constitution
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
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3rd Report - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
Work Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] (Legislative scrutiny)
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HL Paper 40
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Letter from Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee in response to the Report on the Data (Use and Access) Bill (14 January 2025)
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Correspondence

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Letter from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services to Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee, regarding regulation of private prosecutors and the safeguards within the Single Justice Procedure (6 March 2025)
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Letter from the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Secretary of State for Justice to Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee regarding sitting days of the Courts and Tribunals (4 March 2025)
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Letter from Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee, regarding the Renter's Rights Bill (3 March 2025)
Work Renter's Rights Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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26 February 2025
Work Annual evidence session for Lady Chief Justice (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses The Rt Hon Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill (Lady Chief Justice at Judiciary of England and Wales)
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4 December 2024
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
Witnesses Lord Sedwill (Former Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser at UK Government)
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28 November 2024
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
Witnesses Michael Gove (Former Secretary of State at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
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Written evidence

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Alex Thomas (Programme Director at Institute for Government) (EOS0006)
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
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The Constitution Society (EOS0005)
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
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Professor Andrew Blick (Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at King's College London) (EOS0003)
Inquiry Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution
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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.
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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.
2 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

  • Email: constitution@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3871 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8286 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Constitution Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW