Select Committee on the Constitution
The Constitution Committee is appointed by the House
of Lords in each session with the following terms of reference:
To examine the constitutional implications of all
public bills coming before the House; and to keep under review
the operation of the constitution.
Current membership
Lord Crickhowell
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Lord Goldsmith
Lord Hart of Chilton
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Baroness Jay of Paddington (chairman)
Lord Lang of Monkton
Lord Lexden
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
Lord Pannick
Lord Powell of Bayswater
Baroness Wheatcroft
Declaration of interests
A full list of members' interests can be found in
the Register of Lords' Interests:
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests
Publications
All publications of the committee are available at:
www.parliament.uk/hlconstitution
Parliament Live
Live coverage of debates and public sessions of the committee's meetings are available at:
www.parliamentlive.tv
General information
General information about the House of Lords and
its committees, including guidance to witnesses, details of current
inquiries and forthcoming meetings is available at:
www.parliament.uk/business/lords
Committee staff and legal advisers
The current staff of the committee are Nicolas Besly
(clerk), Luke Wilcox (policy analyst) and Hadia Garwell (committee
assistant). Professor Richard Rawlings and Professor Adam
Tomkins are legal advisers to the committee.
Contact details
All correspondence should be addressed to the clerk
of the Select Committee on the Constitution, Committee Office,
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW.
The telephone number for general enquiries is 020
7219 5960.
The committee's email address is:
e-mail: constitution@parliament.uk
Evidence
Evidence is published online at
www.parliament.uk/hlconstitution
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Witness names refer to written evidence.
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