CALLS FOR EVIDENCE
You can find our top ten tips for giving written and oral evidence to Select Committees here. General guidance from Parliament can be found here.
Let us know if you intend to submit evidence to the committee inquiries or government consultations listed below, and if we can help in any way, via comms.publicaffairs@lse.ac.uk.
Calls for evidence by topic:
Low Pay Commission - LPC 2024 Consultation
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) is seeking input to shape its recommendations to the Government on minimum wage rates which will apply from April 2025.
Deadline: 7 June
Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance - CMA Consultation
The Competition and Markets Authority is seeking views on its plans for regulating digital firms with Strategic Market Status, a new designation created by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Deadline: 12 July
There are currently no open consultations or inquiries in this area. Please check back again later.
Ofcom's Three-Year Media Literacy Strategy - Ofcom Consultation
Ofcom is seeking views on its media literacy strategy, to ensure the public can use, understand and create media and comms across services, and that they trust and value the media as a result.
Deadline: 24 June
Cybersecurity of AI - Call for Evidence
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is asking for views on a two-part intervention, including a voluntary Code of Practice on AI cyber security which will form a new global standard.
Deadline: 9 August
NHS Constitution: 10 Year Review - DHSC Consultation
The NHS Constitution sets out the principles, values and rights underpinning the NHS - and the DHSC is seeking views on how it should be changed from its current version.
Deadline: 25 June
Review of the RSHE statutory guidance - DfE Consultation
The Department for Education are seeking views on their proposed changes to the statutory guidance on teaching relationships, sex and health education.
Deadline: 11 July
Fit Note Reform - DWP Call for Evidence
The Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care are seeking evidence on how to reform the fit note process, as announced by the Chancellor at the autumn Budget in 2023.
Deadline: 8 July
The Health and Disability Green Paper - DWP Consultation
The Department for Work and Pensions is seeking views on the Government's approach to modernising the welfare system for those with disabilities and health conditions. In particular, the consultation will be evaluating in depth the personal independence payment (PIP).
Deadline: 22 July
There are currently no open consultations or inquiries in this area. Please check back again later.
There are currently no open consultations or inquiries in this area. Please check back again later.
Non-pipeline Transport and Cross-border CO2 Networks - DESNZ Call for Evidence
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is seeking information on non-pipeline CO2 transport value chains and cross-border CO2 transport and storage networks, the costs associated with them and the potential barriers to deployment.
Deadline: 16 July
UK Emissions Trading Scheme scope expansion: waste - DESNZ Consultation
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is seeking views on how it should expand the scope of the UK's emission trading scheme to include energy from waste and waste incineration.
Deadline: 18 July
POLICY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) Notes
Information on the new POST notes, which are used in Parliament by MPs, the House Libraries and members of the Lords, can be found here along with links to other notes that POST are developing and plan to develop in the future.
Parliament for Researchers: free online training sessions from UK Parliament
The UK Parliament's Knowledge Exchange Unit holds online training sessions on how to use research to engage with Parliament. Sessions are tailored both to different roles and career stages, and to the varied ways in which academics can engage with the policymaking process - for example, how to engage with Select Committees, and how to write for a parliamentary audience. You can watch previous sessions here.