In considering engagement, and the activities that witnesses may experience, it is possible to conceive of engagement with committees’ evidence processes as having a number of elements, with different ones being of greater or lesser relevance to different individuals and groups:
being aware of the opportunity to provide evidence – perhaps most obviously when committees announce their work plans and inquiries and issue calls for evidence;
engagement through what are currently largely ‘informal’ mechanisms, which may vary considerably, but would include conversations with clerks, contributions through social media, or visits...