Committees

UK Regulators

Inquiry

The Industry and Regulators Committee is launching an inquiry into UK regulators, with a focus on their roles, remit, independence and accountability.

The inquiry will examine whether regulators as a whole have been given a clear job to do and whether their roles and remits are sufficiently discrete from one another. The inquiry will also examine whether regulators are appropriately independent of Government, including whether the right balance is being struck between strategic and political input from government and preserving regulators’ operational independence. The inquiry will further examine how regulators should be held to account for their performance, and by whom – including the respective roles of the Government and of Parliament.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 1 December 2023.

Upcoming events

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Tuesday 5 December 2023
10:30am Private
Private meeting 5 December 2023
Room G-32, Millbank House

Past events

Wednesday 29 November 2023
10:30am Public
12:30pm Private
UK Regulators - Oral evidence 29 November 2023
10:30am
  • Dame Patricia Hodgson (Deputy Chair at Policy Exchange, and Former Chair at Ofcom)
11:30am
  • Marcus Bokkerink (Chair at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA))
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 21 November 2023
10:30am Public
12:30pm Private
UK Regulators - Oral evidence 21 November 2023
10:30am
  • John Penrose MP (MP at Conservative Party)
11:30am
  • Dame Meg Hillier (Chair at Public Accounts Committee)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 14 November 2023
10:30am Public
12:30pm Private
UK Regulators - Oral evidence 14 November 2023
10:30am
  • Michael Gibbons (Senior Non-Executive Director at Bluefield Solar Income Fund)
  • Mr Filippo Pollara (Senior Policy Advisor at Federation of Small Businesses (FSB))
  • Virginia Acha (Associate Vice President at Global Regulatory Policy, MSD)
11:30am
  • Nicola Smith (Head of Rights, Social and Economics Department at Trades Union Congress (TUC))
  • David Mendes da Costa (Principal Policy Manager at Citizens Advice)
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 24 October 2023
10:30am Public
12:30pm Private
UK Regulators - Oral evidence 24 October 2023
10:30am
  • Gareth Davies (Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office)
  • Richard Sullivan-Jones (Senior Audit Manager at National Audit Office)
11:30am
  • Lord Andrew Tyrie (Former Chair at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA))
  • Charles Randell CBE (Senior Consultant at Slaughter and May)
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: HLIndustryRegulators@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2785 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8659 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Industry and Regulators Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW