Constitution Committee
16 September 2026
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Committee Actual start House of Lords
19:52 - 21:14
Speaker 1
Welcome to this meeting of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
Today we are holding the third and fourth evidence sessions of the committee's inquiry into the UK's constitutional safeguards. Later on we'll be joined remotely by Lord Case, but before that we're delighted to be joined by Lord Young of Old Windsor, former Principal Private Secretary to the Monarch. Lord Young, you are most welcome to the committee and I look forward to hearing what you have to say. And can I remind all members 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.
So we're now in public session.
Lord Young, you worked at the Palace for quite a long time, a major part of your career, which is one of the reasons why we've invited you here. How would you best describe the constitutional role of the monarch in the present-day governance of the UK, and how relevant is it to the day-to-day practices of issues that come out that have constitutional significance?
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