Committees

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

Inquiry

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is the law governing the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of UK general elections. The Government has said it intends to repeal the Act and the Opposition also set this commitment out in its manifesto – but no proposals for replacing it have yet been made public.

There is a statutory review of the 2011 Act due this summer to review the operation of the Act and make recommendations for possible amendment or repeal. Ahead of this review this inquiry will consider what was the purpose and impact of the 2011 Act, whether it is possible and appropriate to revive prerogative powers, what areas of the 2011 Act may need to be reformed, and what any new legislation should set out to achieve. This will include the appropriateness of fixed term parliaments and scheduled elections, and whether the prorogation prerogative should also come under statutory regulation.

 

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Past events

Tuesday 21 July 2020
9:30am Public
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 21 July 2020
9:30am
  • Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
10:30am
  • Chloe Smith MP (Minister of State at Cabinet Office)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 2 June 2020
9:30am Public
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 2 June 2020
9:30am
  • Professor Alison Young
  • Professor Gavin Phillipson (Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at University of Bristol)
10:30am
  • Professor Petra Schleiter
  • Professor Philip Cowley
Virtual meeting
Friday 24 April 2020
9:30am Public
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Oral evidence 24 April 2020
9:30am
  • Lord O’Donnell
  • Sir Stephen Laws
Virtual meeting

Contact us

  • Email: pacac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3268 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8335 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA