Select committee: Industry and Regulators Committee

Recommendation 16

1st Report - Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the performance, independence and accountability of UK regulators Published 8 Feb 2024 Paragraph 106

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Recommendation (the committee's words)

Where a public appointment to the Chair or Chief Executive of a regulator is not currently subject to pre-appointment scrutiny by a select committee, and a select committee requests that pre-appointment scrutiny is extended to it, the Government should grant the request.

From: Industry and Regulators Committee, 1st Report - Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the performance, independence and accountability of UK regulators, paragraph 106, 8 February 2024

Government response

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Response position, as read by this site: Position Not Stated

Government response (the government's words)

17. Response to HoL recommendation 6: The Cabinet Office guidance on pre-appointment scrutiny by House of Commons select committees is clear that ‘changes to the list [of appointments subject to pre-appointment scrutiny], including adding new posts, must be agreed between the appointing Secretary of State, the relevant select committee Chair and the Cabinet Office’. There are no plans to change this process. The process allows for the views of the select committee to be represented, and it is right that the appointing Secretary of State should have a role in this decision as they are accountable to Parliament for these appointments. 18. HoL

From: HM Government, Government responses to proposals in House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report ‘Who Watches the Watchdogs’, 16 May 2024. Read the full response on parliament.uk ↗