Select Committee · Industry and Regulators Committee
UK Regulators
Status: Closed
Opened: 18 Oct 2023
Closed: 9 Sep 2024
1 report
The Industry and Regulators Committee is launching an inquiry into UK regulators, with a focus on their roles, remit, independence and accountability. The inquiry will examine whether regulators as a whole have been given a clear job to do and whether their roles and remits are sufficiently discrete from one another. The inquiry will also … Show more
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Report - Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the perfo… | — | 8 Feb 2024 | 0 | Responded |
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2023 | James Heath · National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt CBE · National Infrastructure Commission | View ↗ |
| 29 Nov 2023 | Dame Patricia Hodgson · Policy Exchange, Marcus Bokkerink · Competition and Markets Authority | View ↗ |
| 21 Nov 2023 | Dame Meg Hillier · Public Accounts Committee, John Penrose MP · Conservative Party | View ↗ |
| 14 Nov 2023 | David Mendes da Costa · Citizens Advice, Michael Gibbons · Bluefield Solar Income Fund, Mr Filippo Pollara · Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Nicola Smith · TUC, Virginia Acha · Global Regulatory Policy, MSD | View ↗ |
| 24 Oct 2023 | Charles Randell CBE · Slaughter and May, Gareth Davies · National Audit Office, Lord Andrew Tyrie · Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Richard Sullivan-Jones · National Audit Office | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Randell CBE · Senior Consultant | Slaughter and May | 1 |
| Dame Meg Hillier · Chair | Public Accounts Committee | 1 |
| Dame Patricia Hodgson · Deputy Chair | Policy Exchange | 1 |
| David Mendes da Costa · Principal Policy Manager | Citizens Advice | 1 |
| Gareth Davies · Comptroller and Auditor General | National Audit Office | 1 |
| James Heath | National Infrastructure Commission | 1 |
| John Penrose MP · MP | Conservative Party | 1 |
| Lord Andrew Tyrie · Former Chair | Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) | 1 |
| Marcus Bokkerink · Chair | Competition and Markets Authority | 1 |
| Michael Gibbons · Senior Non-Executive Director | Bluefield Solar Income Fund | 1 |
| Mr Filippo Pollara · Senior Policy Advisor | Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) | 1 |
| Nicola Smith · Head of Economics, Employments Rights and Social … | TUC | 1 |
| Richard Sullivan-Jones · Senior Audit Manager | National Audit Office | 1 |
| Sir John Armitt CBE · Chair | National Infrastructure Commission | 1 |
| Virginia Acha · Associate Vice President | Global Regulatory Policy, MSD | 1 |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 2024 | To cttee | Letter from Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Under Secretary for State, Department… |
| 30 Jan 2024 | To cttee | Letter from Lord Hollick to the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, Secretary of State for… |
| 14 Dec 2023 | To cttee | Letter from Chris Hemsley, CEO of the UK Regulators Network, to Lord Hollick, d… |
Meetings & visits
| Date | Type | Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2024 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | — · To be confirmed | |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | — · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster | |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | — · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster | |
| 5 Dec 2023 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | — · Room G-32, Millbank House |