Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
9th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Ben Stanford, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University;
Professor Alistair Clark, Professor of Political Science, Newcastle University;
Dr Nick McKerrell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University;
and then from—
Annabel Mullin, Director of Communications, Elect Her;
Juliet Swann, Nations and Regions Programme Manager, Transparency International UK;
Willie Sullivan, Director, Electoral Reform Society.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
The Committee agreed to publish its draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.