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Oral evidence transcripts

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Total results 271 (page 1 of 14)
11 February 2025
Work The work of the Cabinet Office (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Nick Thomas-Symonds (Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) at Cabinet Office), Darren Tierney (Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group at Cabinet Office), and Hermione Gough (EU Director at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
28 January 2025
Work The work of the Civil Service Commission (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (First Civil Service Commissioner at Civil Service Commission)
Oral Evidence
21 January 2025
Inquiry Review of the 2024 general election
Witnesses David Gold (Director of Public Affairs & Policy at Royal Mail), Ricky McAulay (UK Operations Director at Royal Mail), Peter Stanyon (Chief Executive at Association of Electoral Administrators), and Laura Lock (Deputy Chief Executive at Association of Electoral Administrators)
Oral Evidence
7 January 2025
Inquiry Review of the 2024 general election
Witnesses John Pullinger CB (Chair at Electoral Commission), Vijay Rangarajan (Chief Executive at Electoral Commission), and Jackie Killeen (Director of Electoral Administration and Regulation at Electoral Commission)
Oral Evidence
10 December 2024
Work The work of the Cabinet Office (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations at Cabinet Office), and Catherine Little CB (Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
4 December 2024
Work The work of the Cabinet Office (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Catherine Little CB (Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office)
Oral Evidence
14 May 2024
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
Oral Evidence
30 April 2024
Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform
Witnesses Jonathan Slater (Former Permanent Secretary at Department for Education)
Oral Evidence
16 April 2024
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)
Oral Evidence
26 March 2024
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)
Oral Evidence
12 March 2024
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)
Oral Evidence
27 February 2024
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)
Oral Evidence
6 February 2024
Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base
Witnesses Ed Humpherson (Head at Office for Statistics Regulation)
Oral Evidence
23 January 2024
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.)
Oral Evidence
16 January 2024
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
Oral Evidence
9 January 2024
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)
Oral Evidence
5 December 2023
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)
Oral Evidence
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
Total results 271 (page 1 of 14)