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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
Family Law consultation Scottish Government 2026-04-21
Proposed 2026 changes to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing UK Government Department of Health and Social Care 2026-04-21
Reviewing the law for powered mobility devices UK Government Department for Transport 2026-04-22
Speed Limit Review 2026 Northern Ireland Executive Department for Infrastructure 2026-04-22
Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2026 UK Government Department for Education 2026-04-22
Amendments to Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) Welsh Government Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division 2026-04-24
Moving to commonhold: banning leasehold for new flats UK Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2026-04-24
Make Work Pay: improving access to flexible working UK Government Kate Dearden MP, Department for Business and Trade, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP 2026-04-30
Talk with Me Phase 2: Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) Delivery Plan 2026 to 2030 Welsh Government Early Years, Childcare and Play Division, Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years Directorate 2026-04-30
A new Victims’ Code UK Government Ministry of Justice 2026-04-30
Accelerating home-building in Scotland Scottish Government 2026-04-30
Proposed changes to guidance for local VAWDASV strategies Welsh Government 2026-04-30
Make Work Pay: modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework UK Government Department for Business and Trade, Kate Dearden MP, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP 2026-05-01
Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS): non-pipeline transport UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 2026-05-01
Experimental Traffic Control Scheme Bus Lanes (Southern Arterial Corridors, Belfast) Northern Ireland Executive Department for Infrastructure 2026-05-02
Wrasses complex: proposed fisheries management plan consultation UK Government Marine Management Organisation, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2026-05-05
Proposed changes to the health service products information regulations 2018 UK Government Department of Health and Social Care 2026-05-05
Stop and search code of practice: review Scottish Government 2026-05-05
Celtic Sea and Western Channel pelagic: proposed fisheries management plan consultation UK Government Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Welsh Government, Marine Management Organisation 2026-05-05
Seabream: proposed fisheries management plan consultation UK Government Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Marine Management Organisation 2026-05-05