Upcoming events
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Past events
Monday
7 July 2025
2:30pm
Private
2:45pm
Public
Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence
7 July 2025
2:45pm
- Tim Nicholls (Director of Policy at National Autistic Society)
- Dr James Cusack (CEO at Autistica)
- Mr Adam Micklethwaite (Director at Autism Alliance UK)
- Jolanta Lasota (CEO at Ambitious about Autism, and Chair at Autism Alliance UK)
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
Monday
30 June 2025
2:30pm
Private
2:45pm
Public
Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence
30 June 2025
2:45pm
- Stephen Kinnock MP (Minister of State for Care at Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC))
- Alison McGovern MP (Minister for Employment at Department for Work and Pensions)
- Catherine McKinnell MP (Minister for School Standards at Department for Education)
Room 4, Palace of Westminster
Monday
23 June 2025
2:30pm
Private
2:45pm
Public
Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence
23 June 2025
2:45pm
- Fazeela Hafejee (Assistant Director of Adults with Disabilities at Bradford Council, and Representative at Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS))
- Nigel Minns (Chair of Health, Care & Additional Needs Policy Committee at Association of Directors of Children’s Services)
- Professor Asif Zia (Chief Medical Officer at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and Chair of Mental Health Medical Director Forum at NHS Confederation)
3:50pm
- Tom Cahill (National Director of Learning Disability and Autism Programme at NHS England)
- Dr Adrian James (Medical Director for Mental Health and Neurodiversity, at NHS England)
- Dr Ken Courtenay (Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability at NHS England)
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
Monday
16 June 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:15pm
Public
Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence
16 June 2025
3:15pm
- Dr Katie Maras (Reader in Psychology at University of Bath)
- Dr Alexandra Lewis (Consultant psychiatrist at Cambridge & Peterborough Foundation NHS Trust)
- Martin Jones CBE (HM Chief Inspector of Probation at HM Inspectorate of Probation)
- John Nelson (Chair at National Police Autism Association)
5:30pm
- Dr Marie Tidball (Author, ‘Disabling Criminal Justice: the Governance of Autistic Adult Defendants in the English Criminal Justice System’ and Chair at All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism)
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
Contact us
- Email: HLAutismAct2009@parliament.uk
- Phone: 020 7219 4621 (Committee Staff) | 020 7219 8286 (Press Officer)
- Address: Autism Act 2009 Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW