Select committee: Constitution Committee

The UK’s constitutional safeguards

Open Opened 19 Jun 2026

Constitution Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

This inquiry will seek to identify the constitutional safeguards that exist within the UK system, and understand the most significant strengths, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in how they operate. It will also seek to identify ways in which the UK’s network of safeguards can be made more effective.

Where it stands

The inquiry is open, opened 19 June 2026.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

5 oral evidence sessionsLatest 28 October 2026
79 written submissions
8 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

Oral evidence session28 October 2026, Oral evidence
Mr James Sheridan, Ex army28 October 2026, Written evidence · VUC0005
The Rt Hon Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Judiciary of England and Wales21 October 2026, Written evidence · VUC0086

Meetings and visits

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
28 Oct 2026	Oral evidence session Danny Kruger MP, Professor Anne Twomey · University of Sydney Law School, Professor Vanessa MacDonnell · University of Ottawa	View ↗
14 Oct 2026	Oral evidence session Dominic Cummings · Cabinet Office	View ↗
16 Sep 2026	Oral evidence session The Rt Hon. the Lord Case CVO · UK Government, The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Old Windsor GCB GCVO · The Royal Household	View ↗
2 Sep 2026	Oral evidence session The Lord O'Donnell KG GCB · UK Government	View ↗
15 Jul 2026	Oral evidence session The Lord Sedwill GCMG · UK Government	View ↗

Written evidence

79 submissions recorded

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Reference	Date	Submitter
VUC0005 Full text not held	28 Oct 2026	Mr James Sheridan, Ex army
VUC0086 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	The Rt Hon Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Judiciary of England and Wales
VUC0085 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Sam Power
VUC0084 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Foreign Policy Centre
VUC0083 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Lord Mance
VUC0082 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Society of Labour Lawyers
VUC0081 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Robin Millar
VUC0080 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Professor Katja Ziegler, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester
VUC0079 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Professor Alan Renwick, UCL Constitution Unit
VUC0078 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	JUSTICE
VUC0077 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Bar Council
VUC0076 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
VUC0075 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Malcolm Ramsay
VUC0074 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
VUC0073 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Henry Midgley, Durham University
VUC0072 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Britta Bohlinger, ARC Solutions
VUC0071 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Bournemouth University
VUC0070 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	SOCIETY OF CONSERVATIVE LAWYERS
VUC0068 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Antonios Kouroutakis, IE University
VUC0067 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Zach Evans
VUC0066 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Miss Louisa Hollely
VUC0065 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Dora Devlin, Global Centre of Democratic Constitutionalism (GCDC), UCL Faculty of Laws
VUC0064 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	William Keyte
VUC0063 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group, University of Worcester
VUC0062 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Professor Meg Russell, University College London
VUC0061 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Jake Hinks, University of Wolverhampton
VUC0060 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Sneta Kumari, Self employed
VUC0059 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Professor Tarun Khaitan, London School of Economics and Political Science
VUC0058 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Mr James Mcilwraith, Solland Farm
VUC0057 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr John McGarry, Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University
VUC0056 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	GMB Union - J25 GMB Judicial Branch
VUC0055 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Andre T M Chua, University of Melbourne
VUC0054 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Andrew Makower
VUC0053 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Mr Thomas O'Brien
VUC0052 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Mr Stuart Field, Alternative Choices Ltd
VUC0051 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Transparency International UK
VUC0050 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Spotlight on Corruption
VUC0049 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Unlock Democracy
VUC0048 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Law Society of Scotland
VUC0047 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Jessica Sutherland, University of Warwick
VUC0046 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Josie Welsh, Oxford Brookes University
VUC0045 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Evelyse Carvalho Ribas, MoroAK
VUC0044 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	The Law Society of England and Wales
VUC0043 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	The Constituton Society
VUC0042 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Miss Sharon McAvoy, Edge Hill University
VUC0040 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Electoral Commission
VUC0039 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Mark Ryan, Coventry University
VUC0038 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Dr Brian Christopher Jones, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool
VUC0037 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Lord Blunkett
VUC0036 Full text not held	21 Oct 2026	Pamela Dow, Civic Future

Who gave evidence

8 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Danny Kruger MP	Not recorded	1
Dominic Cummings · Former Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister	Cabinet Office	1
Professor Anne Twomey · Professor Emerita	University of Sydney Law School	1
Professor Vanessa MacDonnell · University Research Chair in Democratic Constitutionalism and Associate Professor	University of Ottawa	1
The Lord O'Donnell KG GCB · Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service	UK Government	1
The Lord Sedwill GCMG · Former Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser	UK Government	1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Case CVO · Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service	UK Government	1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Old Windsor GCB GCVO · former Principal Private Secretary	The Royal Household	1

Meetings & visits

4 items

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Date	Type	Detail
21 Oct 2026	Formal meeting (private meeting)	Not recorded · GR-13, Fielden House
22 Jul 2026	Formal meeting (private meeting)	Not recorded · To be confirmed
1 Jul 2026	Formal meeting (private meeting)	Not recorded · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
24 Jun 2026	Formal meeting (private meeting)	Not recorded · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster