Administration Committee
16 June 2026
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Administration Committee Actual start House of Commons
14:32 - 15:51
Speaker 1
Good morning, welcome to the Administration Committee here on Tuesday the 16th of June 2026. My name's Nick Smith, I'm the chair of the committee.
Today we've got our general election planning inquiry. Welcome to our first session of this inquiry into our general election work. This is the committee's first public broadcast in this parliamentary session. We welcome our witnesses to our first panel, Ellie Chowns and Ann Davies, who I will invite to introduce themselves in a few moments. General elections are a huge time of change for members of parliament.
My objective today is to make sure that we can help MPs of the future have as soft a landing as possible, but also help them to be as effective as possible.
We know that in recent general elections, newly elected MPs have responded positively to the support they've been provided with in their first weeks, but we also know that there is information overload, and therefore we're seeking to find out how and what additional information is needed in those initial weeks, and also when that information and support would be best provided to help new members get started. Ellie, Ann, please introduce yourselves.
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