Statutory Inquiries Committee
Public inquiries: Enhancing public trust
Report of Session 2024-25 - published 12 September 2024 - HL Paper 9
Contents
Box 1: Who are the main participants in an inquiry?
How was this inquiry undertaken?
Chapter 2: Establishment and conduct of inquiries
Terms of reference: how Ministers shape inquiry design
Box 2: Victims and survivors: good and bad practice
Chapter 3: Running and sponsoring an inquiry—the recommendations from the 2014 report
Following up this Committee’s inquiry
Chapter 4: After an inquiry—implementation monitoring
Why is monitoring the implementation of inquiry recommendations important?
Box 3: Implementation monitoring in practice
How is implementation monitoring currently undertaken?
Monitoring by victims and survivors
Monitoring by the inquiry chair
What alternative models are there?
Formalising monitoring by the chair
Independent implementation monitors
Monitoring by supreme audit institutions
The establishment of an inquiry
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: 2014 Report recommendations, Government
response and 2024 conclusions
Table 1: 2014 Report recommendations, and Government response
Appendix 5: Specific examples of good practice in running an
inquiry
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