Committee to take oral evidence on the impact of Consent on the legislative process

Date and time: Thursday 31 October 2013 at 10.00 am

Location: Wilson Room, Portcullis House

In this session the Committee will be talking first to the authorities of both Houses and then to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel about their role in the legislative process of Queen’s and Prince’s Consent. The Committee is conducting this short inquiry as part of its wider examination of Government powers.

Witnesses:

10.00 am

Sir Robert Rogers KCB, Clerk of the House, and David Beamish, Clerk of the Parliaments

11.00 am

Richard Heaton, First Parliamentary Counsel, Cabinet Office

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Committee Membership is as follows: Mr Graham Allen (Chair) (Nottingham North), Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Paul Flynn (Newport West) Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East), Andrew Griffiths (Burton), Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East), Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central), Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest), Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) and Stephen Williams (Bristol West).

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