At a time when Statutory Inquiries play an increasingly significant role in our society, with heightened public scrutiny and the incurring of substantial costs, the House of Lords’ Statutory Inquiries Committee has recently reviewed the landscape. The resulting report, “Public Inquiries: Enhancing Public Trust”, was published on 16th September 2024 and has made a number of key findings and recommendations.
In this article, Joanna Warwick considers the background to the 2024 report, summarises some of the key findings and focusses on an important area of development in this field relating to the monitoring and implementation of Inquiry recommendations. Please find a link to the article here.
Joanna Warwick