Today we are holding our annual evidence session with the Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP Alex Chalk KC MP

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📢 Today we are continuing to hear evidence for our inquiry on the governance of the Union. We will hear from Lisa Claire Whitten and Professor Derek Birrell.

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📢 Today we are continuing to hear evidence for our inquiry on the governance of the Union. We will hear from Professor Jim Gallagher and Philip Rycroft

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📢 Today we are holding the first evidence session of our inquiry on the Governance of the Union. We will hear from Ciaran Martin

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📢We have published our report on the #EconomicActivityBill

'The protection of free speech is a fundamental right. In our view, clauses 4(1)(a) and 4(1)(b) unduly limit freedom of speech.'

📜You can read the report here: committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

📢We have published our report on the #SafetyOfRwandaBill

'We reiterate that where domestic and international law diverge, the duty reflected in the Ministerial Code to comply with international law remains.'

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📢We have published our report on the #DataProtectionandDigitalInformationBill

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📢We have published our report on the #VictimsAndPrisonersBill

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Committee stage is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 24 January

Baroness Drake on voter ID in LGC

'Awareness-raising campaigns will be hugely important in reaching members of the electorate who do not own an accepted form of ID.'

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'[E]vidence received by the committee during its recent inquiry suggested that the new voter ID requirement affected some demographic groups’ propensity or opportunity to vote.'

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Baroness Drake discusses voter ID in Localgov.co.uk

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