Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Witnesses Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century

Witnesses Professor Lorand Bartels MBE (Professor of International Law, Trinity Hall at Cambridge University), and Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work The Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Lord Geidt (The Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests at Member of the House of Lords)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Witnesses Rt Hon Lord Pickles (Chair at Advisory Committee on Business Appointments)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century

Witnesses Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG (Former Chief Negotiator at Task Force Europe)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Witnesses Rt Hon Sir Peter Riddell CBE (Former Commissioner for Public Appointments at Cabinet Office)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work The House of Lords Appointments Commission (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Lord Bew (Chair at House of Lords Appointments Commission)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of UK Statistics Authority (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses Sir Robert Chote (Government’s preferred candidate for the Role of Chair at UK Statistics Authority)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work Common Framework Scrutiny: Public Procurement (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Cabinet Office, and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Witnesses Sir Alex Allan (Former Independent Advisor on Ministerial Standards at House of Commons), and Sir Philip Mawer (Former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards at House of Commons)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work Work of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On

Witnesses Department of Health and Social Care

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century

Witnesses Alexander Horne (Former Legal Adviser to the House of Lords European Union Committee and at International Agreements Committee, House of Lords and Counsel at Hackett & Dabbs LLP and visiting professor at Durham University), Arabella Lang (Former Clerk in Parliament and Treaties Hub, House of Commons Library and Head of Research at Public Law Project), and Jill Barrett (Independent international law consultant, associate member Six Pump Court and Former legal Counsellor at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Visiting Reader in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work Pre-appointment Hearing: The First Civil Service Commissioner (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (the Government's preferred candidate for the role of First Civil Service Commissioner at Civil Service Commission)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On

Witnesses Professor Jeff King (Professor of Law at University College London (UCL)), Dr Ronan Cormacain (Senior Research Fellow at Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law), and Dr Ruth Fox (Director at Hansard Society)

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Work The work of the Cabinet Office (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Witnesses Committee on Standards in Public Life

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2020-21

Witnesses Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry The Work of the Electoral Commission

Witnesses The Electoral Commission, and The Electoral Commission

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Inquiry The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House

Witnesses Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office

Committees Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee