Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48564 on Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and House of Lords Appointments Commission, what his planned timetable is for the recruitment of permanent members to those bodies.

Ministers are considering the next steps for the recruitment of a permanent Chair to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and for the recruitment of independent members to the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Updates on these campaigns will be made in due course.