Committee

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

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What it does

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is appointed by the House of Commons to examine: constitutional issues; the quality and standards of administration provided by Civil Service departments; and the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).
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Members

Simon Hoare MP Conservative Chair
Charlotte Cane MP Liberal Democrat Member
John Lamont MP Conservative Member
Lauren Edwards MP Labour Member
Luke Taylor MP Liberal Democrat Member
Markus Campbell-Savours MP Labour Member
Michelle Welsh MP Labour Member
Peter Lamb MP Labour Member
Richard Baker MP Labour Member
Richard Quigley MP Labour Member
Sam Carling MP Labour Member

Recent outputs

Correspondence Letter from the Charity Commission for England and Wales to Chair on publication of the Committee of Privileges report, dated 14.7.26 14 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Ethics and Integrity Commission on the EIC's Report - Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure. Access to Government Decision Making, dated 8.7.26 13 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from Paula Sussex CBE, Ombudsman and Chair, PHSO on the PHSO Report - Conversations that matter most: improving communication in end-of-life care, dated 7.7.26 13 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from Vijay Rangarajan, CEO, The electoral Commission on the formal response to the Independent Review into Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics by Philip Rycroft, dated 2.7.26 13 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on the review into the organisation, performance and transformation of the Permanent Civil Service, dated 1.7.26 13 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics on the ONS Strategy 2026-28, dated 1.7.26 13 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from Ed Humpherson, Director General, Office for Statistics Regulation on the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) State of the Statistical System Report, dated 25.6.26 30 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance on the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, dated 24.6.26 30 Jun 2026
Report 1st Report – Pre-appointment Hearing: The Commissioner for Public Appointments 26 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Government's preferred candidate for Commissioner for Public Appointments, dated 9.6.26 18 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter to David Holdsworth, CEO, Charity Commission for England and Wales on PACAC's oral evidence session on 2.6.26 relating to the PHSO's investigations into the Charity Commission, dated 15.6.26 16 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on future Civil Service, dated 9.6.26 15 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Sir Laurie Magnus CBE on the Annual Report of the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, dated 3.6.26 9 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on updating the Cabinet Manual, dated 2.6.26 9 Jun 2026
Special Report 1st Special Report - Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code: Government Response 4 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics on the ONS Business Plan for 2026-29, dated 20.5.26 2 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Baroness Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary on Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape oral evidence session on 21.4.26, dated 11.5.26 2 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on Peter Mandelson’s vetting process, dated 8.5.26 2 Jun 2026
Correspondence Joint PAC-PACAC letter to Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office on Civil Service pensions, dated 28.4.26 2 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter to Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service on the process of the appointment of the former Ambassador to the United States, dated 28.4.26 2 Jun 2026
Estimate memoranda Main Estimates Memoranda 2026-27 - Cabinet Office 13 May 2026
Correspondence Letter from Karl Banister, Deputy PHSO Ombudsman on the Special Reports laid by the PHSO in relation to Miss A and Mr U, dated 9.4.26 30 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Main Estimates Memoranda for 2026-27 - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 29 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Main Estimates Memoranda 2026-27 - The Statistics Board 29 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Main Estimates Memoranda 2026-27 - Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme 29 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Main Estimates Memoranda 2026-27 - Civil Superannuation 29 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from PHSOtheFACTS on the PHSO's oral evidence session on 24.3.26, dated 7.4.26 28 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from James Benford, Director General for Surveys and Economic Statistics Group, Office for National Statistics on the ONS second quarterly progress update, dated 15.4.26 21 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from Cat Little CB to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee and Chair of PACAC on data breach concerning Civil Service Pension Scheme annual benefit statements, dated 14.4.26 21 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from Paula Sussex, PHSO Ombudsman and Chair on follow-up written evidence after the oral evidence session on 24.3.26, dated 10.4.26 21 Apr 2026

Source: the official committee page.