Committees

Correcting the record

Inquiry

The rules under which Ministers correct the record stem from a Procedure Committee report approved by the House in 2007. The report streamlined options for Ministers to correct inaccurate information provided to the Commons in order to improve the clarity and visibility of corrections.

Fifteen years on, there has been a significant transformation in how Parliamentary information is published and communicated. A shift to same-day publication online of Hansard and improvements in the House’s online video coverage raises expectations in terms of the availability and transparency of information and corrections relating to proceedings. Information about what is said in Parliament is now available more quickly and widely than ever before.

Following the Committee’s previous work on the subject, this inquiry will review the current system by which Ministers and backbench Members correct the parliamentary record, including whether arrangements allow them to provide information to Parliament efficiently and clearly.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 14 November 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fourth Report - Correcting the record
Inquiry Correcting the record
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Letter from the Leader of the House, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP relating to the Committee's Correcting the Record report (Fourth Report of Session 2022-23), dated 20 July 2023.
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Letter from Full Fact relating to the Committee's Correcting the Record report (Fourth Report of Session 2022-23), dated 17 July 2023
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Editor of the Official Report (Hansard) regarding the Committee’s report on Correcting the Record, dated 29 February 2024
Inquiry Correcting the record
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Letter from the Leader of the House, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP relating to the Committee's Correcting the Record report (Fourth Report of Session 2022-23), dated 20 July 2023.
Inquiry Correcting the record
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Letter from Full Fact relating to the Committee's Correcting the Record report (Fourth Report of Session 2022-23), dated 17 July 2023
Inquiry Correcting the record
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Oral evidence transcripts

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30 January 2023
Inquiry Correcting the record
Witnesses House of Commons, and House of Commons
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23 November 2022
Inquiry Correcting the record
Witnesses Esther Webber (Senior UK correspondent at Politico Europe), Henry Dyer (Investigations reporter at The Guardian), and Robert Hutton (Parliamentary sketch writer at The Critic)
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19 October 2022
Inquiry Correcting the record
Witnesses Institute for Government, and Full Fact
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Written evidence

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Caroline Lucas MP (CTR0010)
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Committee on Standards in Public Life (CTR0009)
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Professor Meg Russell (Director at Constitution Unit, University College London) (CTR0008)
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Documents relating to committee engagement activities, such as forums, surveys or ‘roundtable’ events with experts and stakeholders that the committee has chosen to make public.
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