Constitution Committee
11 November 2026
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Constitution Committee Actual start House of Lords
Follow its sittings17:13 - 19:02
Speaker 1
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston, Doug Chalmers, Chair of the Ethics and Integrity Commission, I should have said that Lady Stuart is the First Civil Service Commissioner, and Vijay Rangarajan, Chief Executive, and John Pullinger, Chair of the Electoral Commission, you are all very welcome this morning. I remind members of the committee to declare any interests relevant to this inquiry or today's meeting the first time they speak. I have no relevant interests of my own to declare. I'd also like to remind everybody that we will pause the evidence session shortly before 11:00 to observe the 2 minutes silence of Remembrance Day, the beginning and end of which will be marked by the ringing of division bells. Well, my Lords and our esteemed guests here, we're doing an inquiry on constitutional safeguards in the United Kingdom.
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston, Doug Chalmers, Chair of the Ethics and Integrity Commission.
We're looking at a whole variety of things from the Cabinet Secretary, former ones, we're going to have the existing ones, we're looking at some of the organisations that make up the safeguards of the British Constitution. We also very much wanted to hear from you in terms of the role that you play in protecting the UK's constitutional democracy. Or do you consider your organisation to form part of the UK's network of constitutional safeguards? Now although there are four of you here, you don't have to all answer every question. And perhaps I could ask Lady Stuart if she would like to start off on that one, as it's a it's a good broad question and you may all want to comment on that, and then we'll continue with the other questions.
19:02 - 19:03
Thank you very much, Chair.
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