Inquiry

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

Current work packages (314) · All work packages (4153)

Current work packages

RSS

• Parliament 2019 - 2024: Fiscal and monetary lessons for future Parliaments

  Monday 13 May 2024 -

• Tackling Shoplifting

  Monday 13 May 2024 -

• The UK Government’s support of security in the Caribbean Overseas Territories

  Thursday 9 May 2024 -

• FCA enforcement guidance consultation

  Wednesday 8 May 2024 -

• FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective

  Thursday 2 May 2024 -

• Data and digital trade

  Wednesday 1 May 2024 -

• The role of human rights in the UK democratic process

  Tuesday 30 April 2024 -

• Strengthening Northern Ireland’s voice in the context of the Windsor Framework

  Monday 29 April 2024 -

• International students in English universities

  Friday 26 April 2024 -

• Threats to democracy

  Wednesday 24 April 2024 -

• Future funding of the BBC World Service

  Tuesday 23 April 2024 -

• Parliamentary Works Grant Main Estimate 2024/25

  Tuesday 23 April 2024 -

• Boys’ attainment and engagement in education

  Friday 19 April 2024 -

• Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training

  Wednesday 17 April 2024 -

• Engineering biology

  Thursday 28 March 2024 -

• Access to High Street Banking in Wales

  Wednesday 27 March 2024 -

• Code of Conduct for Members and the Guide to the Code of Conduct

  Wednesday 27 March 2024 -

• Improving the home buying and selling process

  Monday 25 March 2024 -

• HMRC customer service

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Decarbonising home heating

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Investigation into UKHSA Health Security Campus

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• NHS England’s modelling for the Long-Term Workforce Plan

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Rail reform: The rail transformation programme

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Supporting mobile connectivity

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Update on reducing the backlog in Criminal Courts

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Use of artificial intelligence in government

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Whole of Government Accounts 2021-22

  Friday 22 March 2024 -

• Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2022–23

  Thursday 21 March 2024 -

• Climate change and security

  Monday 18 March 2024 -

• UK-EU data adequacy

  Friday 15 March 2024 -

• City Region and Growth Deals

  Thursday 14 March 2024 -

• Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership

  Monday 11 March 2024 -

• Net zero and trade

  Thursday 7 March 2024 -

• Devolution of employment support

  Thursday 7 March 2024 -

• Methane

  Wednesday 6 March 2024 -

• Economics of the energy sector

  Tuesday 5 March 2024 -

• Budget 2024

  Tuesday 5 March 2024 -

• The UK Government’s support of education for Overseas Territories students

  Friday 1 March 2024 -

• Intergovernmental Relations: The Civil Service

  Thursday 29 February 2024 -

• Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

  Wednesday 28 February 2024 -

• FCDO and civil societies

  Wednesday 28 February 2024 -

• National Audit Office Strategy and Main Estimate 2024-25

  Tuesday 27 February 2024 -

• Fire and Rescue Service

  Tuesday 27 February 2024 -

• Disability employment

  Monday 26 February 2024 -

• Non-contact sexual offences

  Wednesday 21 February 2024 -

• Electronic border management systems

  Wednesday 21 February 2024 -

• The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent

  Wednesday 21 February 2024 -

• The regulation of property agents

  Wednesday 21 February 2024 -

• Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence

  Tuesday 20 February 2024 -

• High streets in towns and small cities

  Wednesday 14 February 2024 -

• Defence Spending in Northern Ireland

  Monday 5 February 2024 -

• Grassroots music venues

  Tuesday 30 January 2024 -

• Statutory Inquiries

  Monday 29 January 2024 -

• Food, Diet and Obesity

  Monday 29 January 2024 -

• Modern Slavery Act 2015

  Monday 29 January 2024 -

• Preterm Birth

  Monday 29 January 2024 -

• UK-Swiss Financial Services Agreement

  Friday 26 January 2024 -

• Access to Cash

  Wednesday 24 January 2024 -

• NHS leadership, performance and patient safety

  Tuesday 23 January 2024 -

• NAO Main Estimate 2024-2025

  Thursday 18 January 2024 -

• The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

  Wednesday 17 January 2024 -

• International relations within the multilateral system

  Friday 12 January 2024 -

• Investigation into student loans issued to those studying at franchised higher education providers

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Non-executive director appointments

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Value for Money from Legal Aid

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Progress in implementing Universal Credit

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Delivering value from government investment in major projects

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Defending Democracy

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• DHSC Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Government resilience: extreme weather

  Wednesday 10 January 2024 -

• Veterinary medicines and the Windsor Framework

  Monday 8 January 2024 -

• The Equipment Plan 2023–2033

  Thursday 4 January 2024 -

• The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

  Tuesday 19 December 2023 -

• Industrial policy

  Tuesday 19 December 2023 -

• Developing AI capacity and expertise in UK Defence

  Thursday 14 December 2023 -

• Renewable Energy and Net Zero in Northern Ireland

  Wednesday 13 December 2023 -

• Lessons for government: monitoring and responding to companies in distress

  Wednesday 13 December 2023 -

• The BBC's implementation of Across the UK

  Wednesday 13 December 2023 -

• Levelling up funding to local government

  Wednesday 13 December 2023 -

• Reforming adult social care in England

  Wednesday 13 December 2023 -

• How sustainable is our national debt?

  Friday 8 December 2023 -

• UK-Rwanda asylum Agreement

  Thursday 7 December 2023 -

• Criminal Justice Bill 2023

  Tuesday 5 December 2023 -

• Integrated Education

  Wednesday 29 November 2023 -

• Policing of protests

  Wednesday 29 November 2023 -

• Impact of industrial action on university students

  Friday 24 November 2023 -

• Energy bills for domestic customers

  Friday 24 November 2023 -

• Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords

  Thursday 23 November 2023 -

• Probate

  Wednesday 22 November 2023 -

• Retained EU law: the progress and mechanics of reform

  Wednesday 22 November 2023 -

• The UK’s economic security

  Wednesday 22 November 2023 -

• The Coroner Service: follow-up

  Monday 20 November 2023 -

• Devolution Capability in Whitehall

  Monday 20 November 2023 -

• Securing the domestic supply chain

  Friday 17 November 2023 -

• Children’s social care

  Thursday 16 November 2023 -

• Financial Education

  Thursday 16 November 2023 -

• Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

  Tuesday 14 November 2023 -

• Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement

  Monday 13 November 2023 -

• Children, young people and the built environment

  Monday 13 November 2023 -

• Statutory Sick Pay

  Thursday 9 November 2023 -

• Civil Service Leadership and Reform

  Wednesday 8 November 2023 -

• EU Entry/Exit and the UK border

  Monday 6 November 2023 -

• Regulatory Divergence and the Windsor Framework

  Monday 6 November 2023 -

• Humanitarian situation in Gaza

  Monday 6 November 2023 -

• Membership of the House of Lords

  Tuesday 31 October 2023 -

• Work of the County Court

  Thursday 26 October 2023 -

• The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger

  Friday 20 October 2023 -

• Small modular reactors in the transition from fossil fuels

  Thursday 19 October 2023 -

• UK Regulators

  Wednesday 18 October 2023 -

• Accountability for Daesh crimes

  Thursday 12 October 2023 -

• Modern methods of construction – what’s gone wrong?

  Wednesday 11 October 2023 -

• Impact of the rising cost of living on women

  Wednesday 27 September 2023 -

• Police and Crime Commissioners: 10 years on

  Monday 25 September 2023 -

• Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

  Thursday 21 September 2023 -

• The rights of older people

  Wednesday 20 September 2023 -

• Defence in the Grey Zone

  Monday 18 September 2023 -

• Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure

  Friday 15 September 2023 -

• Future prison population and estate capacity

  Friday 15 September 2023 -

• Fraud

  Thursday 14 September 2023 -

• Urban Green Spaces

  Thursday 14 September 2023 -

• Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

  Thursday 14 September 2023 -

• Draft Finance Bill 2023-24

  Wednesday 13 September 2023 -

• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2022-23

  Wednesday 13 September 2023 -

• UK Astronomy

  Tuesday 12 September 2023 -

• Future Aviation Capabilities

  Sunday 10 September 2023 -

• Screen Time: Impacts on education and wellbeing

  Friday 8 September 2023 -

• Prisons in Wales

  Friday 18 August 2023 -

• The role of natural capital in the green economy

  Monday 31 July 2023 -

• The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

  Monday 31 July 2023 -

• Long-duration energy storage

  Wednesday 26 July 2023 -

• Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relations

  Wednesday 26 July 2023 -

• UK accession to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

  Tuesday 25 July 2023 -

• Women's reproductive health

  Tuesday 25 July 2023 -

• Impact of population change in Wales

  Monday 24 July 2023 -

• The UK and the Antarctic Environment

  Monday 24 July 2023 -

• Disabled people in the housing sector

  Monday 24 July 2023 -

• Norton pension schemes and the Fraud Compensation Fund

  Monday 24 July 2023 -

• Safeguarding vulnerable claimants

  Friday 21 July 2023 -

• Men's health

  Thursday 20 July 2023 -

• Shared Ownership

  Wednesday 19 July 2023 -

• British film and high-end television

  Wednesday 19 July 2023 -

• Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998

  Tuesday 18 July 2023 -

• The Office for Local Government

  Monday 17 July 2023 -

• Service Accommodation

  Thursday 13 July 2023 -

• Electric Vehicles

  Wednesday 12 July 2023 -

• House of Commons standards landscape

  Wednesday 12 July 2023 -

• FCDO and disability-inclusive development

  Wednesday 12 July 2023 -

• Sexism in the City

  Wednesday 12 July 2023 -

• The escalation of violence against women and girls

  Tuesday 11 July 2023 -

• Heating our homes

  Friday 7 July 2023 -

• A flexible grid for the future

  Friday 7 July 2023 -

• Large language models

  Friday 7 July 2023 -

• Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mix

  Friday 7 July 2023 -

• Multi-occupancy building insurance

  Wednesday 5 July 2023 -

• Heat resilience and sustainable cooling

  Monday 3 July 2023 -

• Future of transport data

  Friday 30 June 2023 -

• Strategic transport objectives

  Friday 30 June 2023 -

• SME Finance

  Thursday 29 June 2023 -

• Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

  Thursday 22 June 2023 -

• Scotland's space sector

  Thursday 22 June 2023 -

• Science and Scotland

  Thursday 15 June 2023 -

• The work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  Wednesday 14 June 2023 -

• Ofsted’s work with schools

  Friday 9 June 2023 -

• The performance of investment zones and freeports in England

  Friday 9 June 2023 -

• Pharmacy

  Thursday 8 June 2023 -

• Follow-up: Ofwat, the water industry and the role of the Government

  Thursday 8 June 2023 -

• UK trade policy: food and agriculture

  Wednesday 7 June 2023 -

• The use of pre-recorded cross-examination under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

  Thursday 1 June 2023 -

• Export-led growth

  Friday 26 May 2023 -

• The transition from education to employment for young disabled people

  Friday 26 May 2023 -

• Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill

  Wednesday 24 May 2023 -

• The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy

  Friday 12 May 2023 -

• Outdoor and indoor air quality targets

  Wednesday 10 May 2023 -

• Review of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

  Wednesday 10 May 2023 -

• Fairness in the food supply chain

  Tuesday 9 May 2023 -

• Enabling sustainable electrification of the UK economy

  Thursday 4 May 2023 -

• PESCO and UK-EU Defence Cooperation

  Tuesday 2 May 2023 -

• Sexism and inequalities in sport

  Tuesday 2 May 2023 -

• Armed Forces Readiness

  Monday 24 April 2023 -

• The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

  Thursday 20 April 2023 -

• UK Small Island Developing States Strategy

  Tuesday 18 April 2023 -

• Community sentences

  Monday 3 April 2023 -

• The Arctic

  Thursday 30 March 2023 -

• Benefit levels in the UK

  Thursday 30 March 2023 -

• The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector

  Tuesday 28 March 2023 -

• Defence industry in Wales

  Monday 27 March 2023 -

• Future cancer

  Tuesday 21 March 2023 -

• Teacher recruitment, training and retention

  Monday 20 March 2023 -

• Insect decline and UK food security

  Monday 20 March 2023 -

• Defined benefit pension schemes

  Thursday 16 March 2023 -

• Commercialising quantum technologies

  Thursday 16 March 2023 -

• FCDO’s approach to sexual and reproductive health

  Tuesday 7 March 2023 -

• The work of the Office for Students

  Friday 3 March 2023 -

• Post-Brexit UK-EU security cooperation – follow up

  Tuesday 28 February 2023 -

• The appointment and dismissal of permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants

  Monday 27 February 2023 -

• Protected Areas

  Thursday 23 February 2023 -

• Defra Recall: Environmental protection

  Wednesday 15 February 2023 -

• The funding and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland

  Tuesday 14 February 2023 -

• Greenwashing: sustainability disclosure requirements

  Tuesday 14 February 2023 -

• Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities - follow-up

  Tuesday 14 February 2023 -

• Whiplash Reform and the Official Injury Claim service

  Friday 10 February 2023 -

• Human Rights at Work

  Friday 10 February 2023 -

• Human Trafficking

  Tuesday 7 February 2023 -

• Financial services regulation consultations

  Tuesday 7 February 2023 -

• Pet welfare and abuse

  Friday 3 February 2023 -

• Accessible transport: legal obligations

  Thursday 2 February 2023 -

• Education for 11-16 year olds

  Wednesday 1 February 2023 -

• Integration of primary and community care

  Wednesday 1 February 2023 -

• Information sharing by the Investment Security Unit

  Wednesday 1 February 2023 -

• The effects of artificial light and noise on human health

  Monday 30 January 2023 -

• The Edinburgh Reforms

  Thursday 26 January 2023 -

• Minority languages

  Wednesday 18 January 2023 -

• Prevention in health and social care

  Wednesday 18 January 2023 -

• Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing

  Tuesday 17 January 2023 -

• Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils

  Thursday 12 January 2023 -

• Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19

  Thursday 15 December 2022 -

• Electoral Registration

  Thursday 15 December 2022 -

• Women's sport

  Thursday 15 December 2022 -

• Authorised push payment fraud reimbursement scheme

  Wednesday 7 December 2022 -

• NHS dentistry

  Wednesday 7 December 2022 -

• Lobbying and Influence: post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 and related matters

  Monday 5 December 2022 -

• Assisted dying/assisted suicide

  Monday 5 December 2022 -

• The national security and investment screening system

  Wednesday 30 November 2022 -

• The prison operational workforce

  Thursday 24 November 2022 -

• The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages

  Wednesday 9 November 2022 -

• Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK

  Thursday 3 November 2022 -

• Ransomware

  Monday 31 October 2022 -

• Speaker's Conference

  Monday 31 October 2022 -

• Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)

  Thursday 20 October 2022 -

• Channel crossings

  Tuesday 18 October 2022 -

• Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot

  Thursday 13 October 2022 -

• Sexism and inequality in football

  Wednesday 12 October 2022 -

• Draft Finance Bill 2022-23

  Tuesday 11 October 2022 -

• Draft Mental Health Bill

  Monday 1 August 2022 -

• Sustainable timber and deforestation

  Monday 25 July 2022 -

• Delivering nuclear power

  Tuesday 19 July 2022 -

• Misinformation and trusted voices

  Wednesday 13 July 2022 -

• The Strong and Simple Framework

  Thursday 23 June 2022 -

• Correcting the record

  Tuesday 21 June 2022 -

• Misogyny in music

  Thursday 9 June 2022 -

• Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings

  Thursday 9 June 2022 -

• Public opinion and understanding of sentencing

  Tuesday 7 June 2022 -

• The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition

  Monday 30 May 2022 -

• National Disability Strategy

  Thursday 26 May 2022 -

• Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill

  Thursday 26 May 2022 -

• The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century

  Wednesday 11 May 2022 -

• Migration and asylum

  Wednesday 4 May 2022 -

• Regulating after Brexit

  Thursday 14 April 2022 -

• The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

  Friday 1 April 2022 -

• The effect of paramilitary activity and organised crime on society in Northern Ireland

  Wednesday 30 March 2022 -

• The UK's EU representation: what has changed and how is it working?

  Monday 28 March 2022 -

• UK-India trade negotiations

  Friday 28 January 2022 -

• Adult Social Care

  Wednesday 26 January 2022 -

• The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s response

  Monday 24 January 2022 -

• Presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall

  Monday 17 January 2022 -

• UK trade negotiations: Agreement with India

  Friday 14 January 2022 -

• Work of Defra

  Monday 10 January 2022 -

• The right to privacy: digital data

  Thursday 16 December 2021 -

• Licensing Act 2003 - follow-up

  Wednesday 15 December 2021 -

• UK trade negotiations: CPTPP accession

  Monday 29 November 2021 -

• UK trade negotiations: Agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council

  Monday 29 November 2021 -

• Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls

  Thursday 4 November 2021 -

• Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences

  Tuesday 21 September 2021 -

• Voting by proxy

  Monday 20 September 2021 -

• Negotiations with the European Union in respect of Gibraltar

  Thursday 9 September 2021 -

• Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

  Thursday 22 July 2021 -

• The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies

  Tuesday 20 July 2021 -

• Net zero aviation and shipping

  Tuesday 20 July 2021 -

• The draft Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and the Biofuel (Labelling) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2021

  Wednesday 7 July 2021 -

• Mapping the path to net zero

  Friday 25 June 2021 -

• The draft Financial Markets and Insolvency (Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

  Wednesday 16 June 2021 -

• ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System)

  Wednesday 26 May 2021 -

• Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee – follow-up

  Wednesday 19 May 2021 -

• Violence against women and girls

  Wednesday 21 April 2021 -

• Financial Exclusion - follow-up

  Friday 19 February 2021 -

• The UK’s new relationship with the EU

  Monday 1 February 2021 -

• Youth Unemployment

  Thursday 28 January 2021 -

• Future UK-EU Relations: governance

  Friday 22 January 2021 -

• Future of UK aid

  Tuesday 19 January 2021 -

• Future UK-EU relations: trade in services

  Thursday 14 January 2021 -

• Future UK⁠–EU relations: trade in goods

  Wednesday 13 January 2021 -

• Future UK-EU relations: energy, environment and health

  Monday 11 January 2021 -

• Violence and abuse towards retail workers

  Thursday 17 December 2020 -

• Post-Brexit UK-EU Security Cooperation

  Thursday 17 December 2020 -

• Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

  Thursday 26 November 2020 -

• Risk Assessment and Risk Planning

  Thursday 15 October 2020 -

• National Plan for Sport and Recreation

  Thursday 15 October 2020 -

• Coronavirus: lessons learnt

  Tuesday 6 October 2020 -

• Artificial Intelligence Committee – follow-up

  Wednesday 30 September 2020 -

• The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution

  Thursday 24 September 2020 -

• The draft International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 2020

  Wednesday 16 September 2020 -

• International development cooperation after Brexit

  Tuesday 30 June 2020 -

• Beyond tariffs: facilitating future UK-EU trade in manufactured goods inquiry

  Tuesday 26 May 2020 -

• Accountability hearings

  Tuesday 17 March 2020 -

• Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  Monday 16 March 2020 -

• Level playing field and state aid

  Friday 14 February 2020 -

• The draft Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019

  Wednesday 5 February 2020 -

• Proposals for backbench debates

  Wednesday 5 February 2020 -

• The Andrey Lugvoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020

  Wednesday 5 February 2020 -

• To consider the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019

  Monday 3 February 2020 -

• To consider the draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

  Monday 3 February 2020 -

• Test Inquiry

  Thursday 2 January 2020 -

• Discontinuing seasonal changes of time

  Monday 22 July 2019 -

• Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry

  Thursday 13 June 2019 -

• Democracy and Digital Technologies

  Thursday 13 June 2019 -

• Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

  Thursday 13 June 2019 -

• Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment

  Thursday 13 June 2019 -

• Select Committees and Contempts

  Saturday 11 May 2019 -

• International Development Cooperation after Brexit

  Thursday 1 November 2018 -