Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Membership of the House of Lords

Witnesses The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon (Shadow Leader at House of Lords), The Earl of Kinnoull (Convenor of the Crossbench Peers at House of Lords), and The Rt Hon Lord True CBE

Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform

Witnesses Jonathan Slater (Former Permanent Secretary at Department for Education)

Inquiry Devolution Capability in Whitehall

Witnesses John-Paul Marks (Permanent Secretary at Scottish Government), Andrew Goodall CBE (Permanent Secretary at The Welsh Government), and Jayne Brady MBE (Head at Northern Ireland Civil Service)

Inquiry Membership of the House of Lords

Witnesses Lord Bew (former Chair at House of Lords Appointments Commission), and The Baroness Deech DBE KC (Chair at House of Lords Appointments Commission)

Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

Witnesses Professor Denise Lievesley CBE (Lead on the Review of the UK Statistics Authority and Honorary Fellow and former Principal of Green Templeton College at Oxford University), Steffan Jones (Director of Joint Data and Analysis Centre at Cabinet Office), and Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBG CMB (Minister of State at Cabinet Office)

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

Witnesses Sir Alex Chisholm (Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office), Sarah Harrison (Chief Operating Officer at Cabinet Office), and Richard Hornby (Chief Financial Officer at Cabinet Office)

Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

Witnesses Ed Humpherson (Head at Office for Statistics Regulation)

Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform

Witnesses The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham (Former Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (May 2010 - May 2015). Member of the House of Lords.)

Inquiry Devolution Capability in Whitehall

Witnesses The Rt Hon Sir David Lidington KCB CBE (Former Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2018-19) at Conservative Party), and Lord Dunlop

Inquiry Membership of the House of Lords

Witnesses The Rt Hon. the Baroness D'Souza CMG (Former Lord Speaker 2011-2016 at The House of Lords), The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hayman GBE (Former Lord Speaker 2006-2011 at The House of Lords), Lord Burns (Chair at The Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House), and Tom Wilson (Clerk at The Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House)

Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

Witnesses John Edwards (Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)), Reema Patel (Head of Deliberative Engagement at Ipsos UK), and Gavin Freeguard (Policy associate at Connected by Data)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Work Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of the House of Lords Appointment Commission (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses The Baroness Deech DBE KC

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)

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)

Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

Witnesses Professor Sir Ian Diamond (The National Statistician at Office for National Statistics)