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Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Joint Select Committee

Welcome to the website of the Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011. 

The Joint Committee has been appointed to:

(a) carry out a review of the operation of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, pursuant to section 7 of that Act, and if appropriate in consequence of its findings, make recommendations for the repeal or amendment of that Act; and

(b) consider, as part of its work under subparagraph (a), and report on any draft Government Bill on the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 presented to both Houses in this session.

Posts from the Committee's Twitter account are available to view on the UK Parliament Web Archive.

 

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Repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act: Major constitutional change needs careful scrutiny, says Joint Committee
Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act publishes report
24 March 2021
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Ministers questioned on Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act hears from Michael Gove MP and Lord True
10 February 2021
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Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act hears from Dame Margaret Beckett MP
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act hears from Dame Margaret Beckett MP on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
3 February 2021

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Report
Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
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HC 1046 / HL 253
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Response to this report
Government response to the Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliament Act Report
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Government Response
Government response to the Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliament Act Report
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Government Response

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  • Email: jcftpa@parliament.uk
  • Phone: Eve Samson (Clerk) 020 7219 3315/Ian Hook (Senior Executive Officer) 020 7219 8370