Committees

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

Inquiry

The inquiry will consider the operation and implications of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. It will explore how the Act has worked in practice, how the 14-day period following a successful no confidence motion would work in practice, the Act's effect on the concept of the House of Commons having 'confidence' in the Government, and what the consequences of repealing or amending the Act might be. Following recent developments, the inquiry has been expanded to consider the potential constitutional implications of the recent court judgment on the proroguing of Parliament.

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Past events

Wednesday 23 October 2019
10:30am Public
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 23 October 2019
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 October 2019
10:15am Private
10:30am Public
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 23 October 2019
10:30am
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO
  • The Lord Lisvane KCB DL
11:15am
  • Carl Gardner
  • Gavin Phillipson (Professor of Law at University of Bristol)
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 4 September 2019
10:30am Public
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 4 September 2019
10:30am
  • The Lord Norton of Louth (Professor of Government, and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies at Hull University)
  • Ruth Fox (Director and Head of Research at Hansard Society)
11:15am
  • Robert Hazell (Professor of Government and the Constitution at University College London)
  • Catherine Haddon (Senior Fellow at Institute for Government)
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 4 September 2019
10:30am Public
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 4 September 2019
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: constitution@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5960 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8286 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Constitution Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW