Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office), Lord True (Minister of State at Cabinet Office), and Peter Lee (Acting Director General of Constitution Group at Cabinet Office)

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Margaret Beckett

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, and Professor Robert Hazell

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Professor Anne Twomey, and Professor Philippe Lagasse

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Sir Oliver Letwin, and Lord Butler of Brockwell

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Baroness Hale of Richmond, and Lord Sumption

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Lord Lisvane, and Sir Malcolm Jack KCB

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Inquiry Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Witnesses Professor Alison Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge, and Sir Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel 2006–12, Senior Fellow, Policy Exchange 2018-present

Committees Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act