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Oral evidence transcripts

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Total results 254 (page 1 of 13)
29 November 2023
Work Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) (Pre-appointment hearing)
Witnesses Douglas Chalmers (The Government's Preferred Candidate at Committee on Standards in Public Life)
Oral Evidence
28 November 2023
Inquiry Membership of the House of Lords
Witnesses Professor Meg Russell (Director at Constitution Unit, University College London), and Professor Lord Norton of Louth (Chair of Campaign for an Effective Second Chamber & Professor of Government at The University of Hull)
Oral Evidence
21 November 2023
Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform
Witnesses Dr Hannah White OBE (Director at Institute for Government), Alex Thomas (Programme Director at Institute for Government), and Charlotte Pickles (Director at Reform think tank)
Oral Evidence
14 November 2023
Inquiry Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2022-23
Witnesses Rob Behrens CBE (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman), and Rebecca Hilsenrath (Chief Executive Officer at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman)
Oral Evidence
9 November 2023
Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base
Witnesses Hetan Shah (chief executive at British Academy), Dr Gemma Tetlow (Chief Economist at Institute for Government), and Chris Morris (Chief Executive at Full Fact)
Oral Evidence
24 October 2023
Work Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of the House of Lords Appointment Commission (Pre-appointment hearing)
Witnesses The Baroness Deech DBE KC
Oral Evidence
17 October 2023
Inquiry Lobbying and Influence: post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 and related matters
Witnesses Alex Burghart (Parliamentary Secretary at Cabinet Office), Rachel Rayner (Deputy Director for Parliamentary and Constitutional Policy at Cabinet Office), and Eirian Walsh Atkins (Deputy Director for FOI and Transparency Data at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
12 September 2023
Inquiry Devolution Capability in Whitehall
Witnesses Phillip Rycroft CB (former Head of UK Governance Group at Cabinet Office), and Richard Parry (Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Science at The University of Edinburgh)
Oral Evidence
5 September 2023
Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base
Witnesses Professor Sir Ian Diamond (The National Statistician at Office for National Statistics)
Oral Evidence
18 July 2023
Work Government Emergency Alerts (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Lord Harris of Haringey (Chair at National Preparedness Commission), and Roger Hargreaves (Director, COBR Unit at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
12 July 2023
Work The work of the Cabinet Office (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service at Cabinet Office), and Darren Tierney (Director General, Propriety & Ethics at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
4 July 2023
Work Work of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses William Shawcross CVO (Commissioner for Public Appointments at Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments)
Oral Evidence
20 June 2023
Work Civil Service Human Resources (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Rupert McNeil (Former Civil Service Chief People Officer)
Oral Evidence
14 June 2023
Inquiry The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century
Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for Business and Trade, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Department for Business and Trade
Oral Evidence
6 June 2023
Work Work of the Information Commissioner (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses John Edwards (Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner’s Office), and Warren Seddon (Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency at Information Commissioner’s Office)
Oral Evidence
23 May 2023
Work The Work of the UK Statistics Authority (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Sir Robert Chote (Chair at UK Statistics Authority), Professor Sir Ian Diamond (National Statistician at Office for National Statistics), and Ed Humpherson (Director General for Regulation at Office for Statistics Regulation)
Oral Evidence
18 May 2023
Inquiry Civil Service People Survey
Witnesses Alex Chisholm (Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office), Fiona Ryland (Government Chief People Officer at Civil Service), and Dr Claudia Roscini (Head of the Civil Service People Survey Team at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
10 May 2023
Inquiry The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century
Witnesses Kings College London, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and Queen Mary University of London
Oral Evidence
18 April 2023
Work Work of the Civil Service Commission (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses The Rt Hon the Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (First Civil Service Commissioner at Civil Service Commission)
Oral Evidence
28 March 2023
Inquiry Planning for the future of the Government’s estates
Witnesses Cabinet Office, Steven Boyd MBE (Chief Executive at Government Property Agency), and Cabinet Office
Oral Evidence
Total results 254 (page 1 of 13)