Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
3rd Report – Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Charity Commission
HC 1340
Published 27 November 2025
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Charity Commission Report on parliament.uk ↗
At a glanceGovernment response published 3 December 2025 (deadline 27 January 2026)
The government's response
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.
The Secretary of State, having considered the Committee's report, has confirmed the appointment of Dame Julia Unwin as Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- The Secretary of State is "delighted to see that the Committee has endorsed Dame Julia's appointment".
- The letter thanks the Committee for holding the pre-appointment hearing and for "advance sight" of its report.
- The Secretary of State thanks the Committee for "the valuable role it has played in scrutinising this appointment".
What the committee recommended
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Sources
- 3rd Report – Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Charity Commission ↗The committee's report, HC 1340, parliament.uk
- Letter from Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding the Chair of the Charity Commission, 2 December 2025 ↗The government's response, 3 December 2025, parliament.uk