Review of House of Lords investigative and scrutiny committee activity in 2021–22 Contents

Appendix 2: List of investigative Select Committee reports published in 2021/22, including date of Government response

Committee

Title

Publication date

Government response received

Built Environment

Meeting housing demand

10 January 2022

10 March 2022

Communications and Digital

Free for all? Freedom of expression in the digital age

22 July 2021

29 October 2021

Communications and Digital

The future of Channel 4

26 November 2021

26 January 2022

Communications and Digital

Digital regulation: joined-up and accountable

13 December 2021

17 March 2022

Constitution

Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

22 April 2021

None required

Constitution

COVID-19 and Parliament

13 May 2021

None required

Constitution

Sessional report 2019–21

28 May 2021

None required

Constitution

COVID-19 and the use and scrutiny of emergency powers

10 June 2021

14 September 2021

Constitution

Environment Bill

22 June 2021

3 September 2021

Constitution

Telecommunications (Security) Bill

22 June 2021

13 July 2021

Constitution

Revision of the Cabinet Manual

8 July 2021

7 February 2022

Constitution

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

9 September 2021

1 December 2021

Constitution

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

19 November 2021

13 December 2021

Constitution

Health and Care Bill

7 January 2022

18 February 2022

Constitution

Respect and Co-operation: Building a Stronger Union for the 21st century

20 January 2022

Due 20 March 2022, no further date agreed for a response

Constitution

Nationality and Borders Bill

21 January 2022

None required

Constitution

Judicial Review and Courts Bill

18 February 2022

None required

Constitution

Elections Bill

1 March 2022

None required

Constitution

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

11 March 2022

None required

COVID-19

Beyond Digital: Planning for a Hybrid World

21 April 2021

5 July 2021

COVID-19

Beyond Digital: the Government response

22 July 2021

None required

COVID-19

Towns and Cities: Local Power is the Path to Recovery

7 December 2021

7 March 2022

COVID-19

Living in a COVID World: A Long-Term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing

16 March 2022

Due 16 May 2022, expected 16 June 2022

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Draft Online Safety Bill

14 December 2021

17 March 2022

Economic Affairs

Quantitative easing: a dangerous addiction?

16 July 2021

16 September 2021

Economic Affairs

Central bank digital currencies: a solution in search of a problem

13 January 2022

9 March 2022

European Affairs

Citizens’ Rights

23 July 2021

20 October 2021

European Affairs

Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

11 October 2021

29 November 2021

European Affairs

One year on—Trade in goods between Great Britain and the European Union

16 December 2021

16 February 2022

Finance Bill Sub-Committee

Basis Period Reform and Uncertain Tax Treatments

15 December 2021

1 February 2022

Industry and Regulators

The net zero transformation: delivery, regulation and the consumer

4 March 2022

25 May 2022

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Trade Continuity Agreement with Mexico

15 April 2021

25 May 2021

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Interim Partnership Agreements with Ghana and Cameroon

27 May 2021

28 June 2021

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement with Serbia

18 June 2021

14 July 2021

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Agreement with Peru on mutual recognition of qualifications

24 June 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Protocol amending the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Japan for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

1 July 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Protocol of amendments to UK-Soviet Agreement on preventing incidents at sea beyond the territorial sea

8 July 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Agreement with Switzerland on the mutual recognition of AEO programmes; and Agreements with Estonia, Latvia, Belgium and Italy on the protection of classified information

22 July 2021

None required

International Agreements

Working practices: one year on

17 September 2021

8 February 2022

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Convention on the recognition of higher education qualifications

21 October 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Treaties on the Readmission of Persons (Albania), Employment by Members of Diplomatic Households (Portugal), Social Security Coordination (Switzerland), and a Maritime Boundary (Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda)

4 November 2021

None required

International Agreements

UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): Scrutiny of the Government’s Negotiating Objectives

17 November 2021

19 January 2022

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Amendment to Road Traffic Convention, and Agreement with Albania on Prisoner Transfers

19 November 2021

24 February 2022

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Ballast Water Management Convention

2 December 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: UK-Ukraine Credit Support Agreement and ILO Violence and Harassment Convention

9 December 2021

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: AUKUS Information Exchange Agreement

13 January 2022

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: UK-Kenya Defence Cooperation Agreement

17 January 2022

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Agreements on Channel Tunnel Railway Licences Undertakings and Train Driving Licences

3 March 2022

None required

International Agreements

Scrutiny of international agreements: Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Serbia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation

10 March 2022

None required

International Relations and Defence

The UK and China’s security and trade relationship: A strategic void

10 September 2021

22 November 2021

International Relations and Defence

UNCLOS: the law of the sea in the 21st century

1 March 2022

31 May 2022

Joint Committee on Human Rights

The Government response to covid-19: fixed penalty notices

27 April 2021

23 June 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Children of mothers in prison and the right to family life: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

14 May 2021

13 July 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Part 3 (Public Order)

22 June 2021

15 September 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Part 4): The criminalisation of unauthorised encampments

2 July 2021

5 October 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

The Government’s Independent Review of the Human Rights Act

8 July 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Elections Bill

2 September 2021

5 November 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Parts 7 and 8): Sentencing and Remand of Children and Young People

23 September 2021

10 December 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Part 1)—Nationality

9 November 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Proposal for a draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2021: discrimination against cohabiting partners

12 November 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Part 3)—Immigration offences and enforcement

1 December 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Judicial Review and Courts Bill

7 December 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Part 5)—Modern slavery

21 December 2021

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Parts 1, 2 and 4)—Asylum, Home Office Decision-Making, Age Assessments, and Deprivation of Citizenship Orders

19 January 2022

9 March 2022

Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy

The UK’s national security machinery

19 September 2021

19 November 2021

Justice and Home Affairs

Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system

30 March 2022

22 June 2022

Liaison

Tackling Financial Exclusion: A country that works for everyone? Follow-up report

24 April 2021

15 June 2021

Liaison

Review of House of Lords investigative and scrutiny committee activity in 2020–21

14 June 2021

None required

Liaison

The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people Follow-up report

9 September 2021

29 November 2021

Liaison

Designation of responsible committee of the House of Lords for the purposes of section 3 of the Trade Act 2021

3 November 2021

None required

Liaison

New committee activity in 2022

19 November 2021

None required

Liaison

The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century - Follow-up report

29 March 2022

28 May 2022

National Plan for Sport and Recreation

A national plan for sport, health and wellbeing

10 December 2021

11 February 2022

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Sub-Committee

Introductory report

29 July 2021

4 October 2021

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Sub-Committee

Scrutiny of EU legislative proposals within the scope of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

22 March 2022

30 May 2022

Public Services

Children in crisis: the role of public services in overcoming child vulnerability

19 November 2021

7 March 2022

Risk Assessment and Risk Planning

Preparing for Extreme Risks: Building a Resilient Society

3 December 2021

17 March 2022

Science and Technology

Battery strategy goes flat: Net-zero target at risk

27 July 2021

27 September 2021

Science and Technology

Nature-based solutions: rhetoric or reality? - The potential contribution of nature-based solutions to net zero in the UK

27 January 2022

12 April 2022

Youth Unemployment

Skills for every young person

26 November 2021

10 March 2022





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