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Current Inquiries

Inquiries

List of inquiries, consultations & calls for evidence

The Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and UK legislatures and governments hold inquiries and consultations on a wide range of topics that accept evidence from academics and others. Below is a full list of inquiries at all of those institutions that are currently accepting written evidence. In each case, the link will usually take you to the page for that particular inquiry, which will provide a fuller scope and guidance on how to submit evidence.

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Name of consultation Institution Committee or Department Deadline
Consultation: Proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme UK Government Infected Blood Compensation Authority, Cabinet Office 2025-11-27
Government Statistical Service Harmonisation: Assessing user needs for additional response options for the new ethnicity harmonisation standard UK Government Office for National Statistics 2025-11-27
Environment Permitting: H5 site condition report – Proposals for updated guidance UK Government Environment Agency 2025-11-27
Reserving water abstraction rights UK Government Environment Agency 2025-11-27
Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlements Company operational costs: 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29 UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 2025-11-27
Gas system in transition: security of supply UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 2025-11-27
Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme: indexation changes UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Scottish Government, Northern Ireland Executive 2025-11-27
Extending the Right to Work Scheme UK Government Home Office, Immigration Enforcement, Alex Norris MP 2025-11-27
Visitor levy in England UK Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury 2025-11-27
Reforming the customs treatment of low value imports into the United Kingdom UK Government HM Treasury 2025-11-27
Amending the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown schedule UK Government Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2025-11-27
Decarbonisation readiness: standard rules consultation 32 UK Government Environment Agency 2025-11-27
Proposed best available techniques (BAT) implementation guidance for mid-merit gas generators UK Government Environment Agency 2025-11-27
The Prohibition of U-Turns (Belfast) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 Northern Ireland Executive Department for Infrastructure 2025-11-27
Developing the third cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS3) UK Government Department for Transport 2025-11-27
Make Work Pay: duty to inform workers of right to join a union UK Government Department for Business and Trade, Kate Dearden MP, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP 2025-11-27
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Regional aviation connectivity UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Transport 2025-11-27
Earned settlement UK Government Home Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP 2025-11-27
Local government reorganisation in Norfolk and Suffolk UK Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2025-11-27
Capacity Market: proposal regarding locational changes of Capacity Market Units UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 2025-11-27