Industry and Regulators Committee
Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the performance, independence and accountability of UK regulators
1st Report of Session 2023-24 - published 8 February 2024 - HL Paper 56
Contents
Chapter 2: Duties and objectives
Chapter 3: Independence, strategic guidance and appointments
How independent are the UK’s regulators?
Strategic guidance and the boundaries of independence
Differentiating between policy and regulation
Requesting strategic decisions
Chapter 4: Resources and skills
Accountability to government and Parliament
Box 1: Recent developments in Parliamentary scrutiny of financial services regulation
The National Infrastructure Commission
A new body to support scrutiny of regulators?
Chapter 6: Transparency and engagement
Metrics and performance measurement
Businesses and regulated entities
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7958/uk-regulators/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence