Committees

Committee on Standards announces evidence sessions as part of its inquiry into the House of Commons standards landscape

19 January 2024

As part of its inquiry into the House of Commons standards landscape, the Committee on Standards has arranged a number of oral evidence sessions which will take place over the coming weeks.

Evidence session dates

Tuesday 23 January (AM)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Panel 1 (10.15am):  

  • Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE (Chair, Committee on Standards in Public Life)
  • Professor Gillian Peele (Independent Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life)

Panel 2 (11.15am): 

  • Thea Walton (Director, Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme)  
  • Lucinda Maer (Director, Cultural Transformation Team, House of Commons) 

Tuesday 23 January (PM)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Panel (2.00pm):   

  • Richard Lloyd OBE (Chair, IPSA)  
  • Louise Edwards (Director of Regulation and Digital Transformation, Electoral Commission)  
  • John Pullinger CB (Chair, Electoral Commission)

Wednesday 24 January (AM) 

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Panel (09.15am):  

  • Professor Robert Hazell CBE (Professor of Government and the Constitution, UCL Constitution Unit) 
  • Dr Hannah White OBE ( Director, Institute for Government)
  • Daniel Bruce (CEO, Transparency International UK)   
  • Professor Meg Russell (Professor of British and Comparative Politics and Director of the Constitution Unit)

Tuesday 6 February (AM)

Panel 1: (10:15am):

  • Dave Penman (General Secretary, FDA)
  • Mike Clancy (General Secretary, Prospect)

Panel 2: (11.15am):

  • Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP ( Leader of the House)
  • Alex Burghart MP (Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office)

Tuesday 6 February (PM)  

Panel (2.00 pm):  

  • Daniel Greenberg CB (Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards)

The oral evidence sessions will be broadcast live on Parliament Live.

Details of the sessions are available on the events page of the Committee’s website. These sessions are subject to change.

Further information

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