Inquiries - Open for Submission

Inquiry Opened	Select Committee	Status
23 Sep 2025	The Seventh Carbon Budget View sample Environmental Audit Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 4 Nov 2025
This Environmental Audit Committee inquiry will examine the Climate Change Committee's advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It will consider the assumptions and costs underpinning the CCC’s recommendations, explore the balance between emerging and established technologies, the policy choices facing Government, and the potential impacts on households, businesses and the wider economy. The inquiry will also look at how the Government should communicate choices and trade-offs, and how Parliament and the public can best scrutinise delivery plans and progress. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee’s online evidence submission portal.
24 Sep 2025	Policing and security in Northern Ireland View sample Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 7 Nov 2025
2026 marks 25 years since the establishment of the PSNI following the recommendations of the Patten review on policing. This inquiry will examine how far the objectives and aspirations of the Patten review have been realised, and explore the key challenges facing policing and security in Northern Ireland today—particularly in areas that remain under UK Government co-ordination and funding. Read our call for evidence [here] for more detail about the inquiry and how to contribute your views.
24 Sep 2025	Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 View sample Business and Trade Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 14 Nov 2025
The UK economy confronts challenges to growth, weak productivity and fragile investment. Businesses face rising costs, regulatory uncertainty, and a complex trade environment. Yet confidence is central to whether firms invest, recruit and innovate—or hold back. Ahead of the Budget, the Prime Minister has signalled a renewed focus on boosting economic growth. The Government has said that it will set up a new board, including ministerial, advisory and business representatives, to help steward pro-growth policies, and encourage dialogue with business and the City. The Committee will now put this question of priorities for growth at the heart of a new consultation on its workplan for 2026.
21 Oct 2025	Routes to Settlement View sample Home Affairs Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 2 Dec 2025
The Government has announced major changes to eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), also known as settlement, and is planning to consult on the proposed changes later this year. The purpose of this inquiry is to evaluate the evidence for, and potential impact of, the planned changes to inform and feed into the new policy as it is being developed. Please note that the Committee is unable to consider or assist with individual cases.
31 Oct 2025	Connectivity in Scotland: Fixed links View sample Scottish Affairs Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 12 Dec 2025
Transport infrastructure plays an important role among island communities, supporting local economies and ensuring access to essential services. In Scotland, geographic barriers and limited transport options can restrict mobility and contribute to depopulation. This inquiry will examine the strategic case for permanent transport links—such as tunnels and bridges—between Scotland’s islands and assess whether there is a role for the UK Government in supporting such projects. Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry.
30 Oct 2025	Managing the future of UK oil and gas View sample Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select)	Submit Evidence 7 Jan 2026
Following an initial evidence session in Parliament on the role of the UK’s refinery industry in the energy transition, the Committee is launching a new inquiry and call for evidence on the future of UK oil and gas. Data from the oil and gas industry shows that it directly supports around 26,000 jobs across the UK and indirectly supports 95,000 more – through offshore drilling, rigging, catering and scaffolding, and onshore fabrication yards, anchor manufacturing, vessel maintenance and more. There are an estimated, further 84,000 jobs for hospitality workers and taxi drivers that serve these industrial communities. The UK has of course experienced previous energy and industrial transitions with the closure of its coal mines in the 1980s, and more recently the closure of major steel manufacturing works. The harsh experience of deindustrialisation has raised concerns that large, skilled workforces may bear the brunt of moving away from fossil fuels. The successful redeployment of the workforce at the UK’s last coal power plant Ratcliffe may prove difficult to replicate for the sector-wide transition away from oil & gas. Yet a key element in delivering the energy transition will be to ensure that the benefits from existing fossil fuel extraction can be utilised in establishing the industry that will replace it. In the initial session in Parliament on October 29, witnesses from the industry highlighted the need to address the oil and gas industry’s fiscal environment. They reinforced the Scottish Affairs Committee’s conclusion that there needs to be a revision to the Energy Profits Levy where “a lack of clarity on the fiscal regime beyond 2030 has created uncertainty for industry in the North Sea. The Energy Profits Levy at its current rate of 38%, which brings the headline rate of tax to 78%, is seen by many in industry as no longer proportionate”. The Committee also heard a further call to ensure that refineries were included in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, so they could compete on a level playing field with foreign based competitors in what is a global market. The Committee is now launching a full inquiry into the role of oil and gas in the energy transition, the management of the UK’s North Sea energy basin and how the transition away from gas in home heating might be achieved. It will aim to: Make recommendations for creating a long-term, credible North Sea Just Transition Plan for the onshore and offshore workforce; including goals, parameters and next steps Assess what role the government’s current policies, including the British Jobs Bonus and Great British Energy, can play in delivering a just transition for the North Sea, and Consider the risks of failing to deliver this Identify any additional policy mechanisms and institutions needed Determine how best to keep industry engaged with the oil and gas industry as outputs decline Examine how gas might most effectively be removed from home heating.

Select Committee Inquiries Select Committees are composed of either MPs or Members of the House of Lords, and have the power to launch inquiries into any issue or Government actions. Evidence is received by the inquiry and the Committee publish a report of their findings.

Select Committee Inquiries
Select Committees are composed of either MPs or Members of the House of Lords, and have the power to launch inquiries into any issue or Government actions. Evidence is received by the inquiry and the Committee publish a report of their findings.