The Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act has been established by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to:
1) 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
(2) 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.
A draft Bill is expected to be published shortly.
The Committee will take evidence on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act already given to the House of Lords Constitution Committee and to the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee into account in its work.
The Committee invites written evidence on either the operation of the Act or the draft Bill.
Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.