Committees

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections

Inquiry

On 14 October 2024 the House of Commons agreed a motion to establish a committee, to be known as the Speaker’s Conference. That motion ordered that the Conference consider: 

  • the factors influencing the threat levels against candidates and MPs, and 
  • the effectiveness of the response to such threats, 

and make recommendations about: 

  • the arrangements necessary to secure free and fair elections, and 
  • the appropriate protection of candidates at future UK-wide parliamentary elections and of elected representatives thereafter. 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 7 February 2025.

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Past events

Tuesday 9 September 2025
3:05pm Public
Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Oral evidence 9 September 2025
3:05pm
  • Talitha Rowland (Director for Security and Online Harms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
  • Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 3 September 2025
4:00pm Public
Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Oral evidence 3 September 2025
4:00pm
  • Jessica Zucker (Director of Online Safety Policy at Ofcom)
  • Almudena Lara (Director of Online Safety Policy at Ofcom)
  • Mark Bunting (Director of Online Safety Strategy at Ofcom)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 9 July 2025
3:35pm Public
Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Oral evidence 9 July 2025
3:35pm
  • Claire Dile (Government Affairs Director, Europe at X (formerly known as Twitter))
  • Megan Thomas (UK Public Policy Manager at Meta)
  • Patrícia Rossini (Senior Lecturer in Communication, Media & Democracy at University of Glasgow)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 2 July 2025
3:40pm Public
Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Oral evidence 2 July 2025
3:40pm
  • Chief Constable Gavin Stephens (Chair at National Police Chiefs' Council)
  • Nick Price (Director of Legal Services (interim) at Crown Prosecution Service)
  • The Hon. Lord Colbeck (Judicial Member at Scottish Sentencing Council)
4:30pm
  • The Rt Hon. Dame Diana Johnson MP (Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention) at Home Office)
  • Lucy Rigby KC MP, Solicitor General
  • Sarah Sackman KC MP (Minister of State at Ministry of Justice)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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