Committee publication · Correspondence · 2 July 2026
Letter to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 2 July 2026.
Summary
The Liaison Committee confirms arrangements for pre-legislative scrutiny of three draft bills in the 2026–27 parliamentary session. The Conversion Practices Bill will be scrutinised by a joint committee with input from the Women and Equalities Committee; the Ticket Tout Ban Bill will go to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee; and the Transport Committee will review the Taxi and Private Hire Bill text only, citing prior scrutiny work and a busy schedule.
Key findings
- Conversion Practices Bill: joint committee scrutiny confirmed, with Women and Equalities Committee feeding into the process
- Ticket Tout Ban Bill: assigned to Culture, Media and Sport Committee, with option for Business and Trade Committee members to attend evidence sessions
- Taxi and Private Hire Bill: Transport Committee will not conduct full inquiry but will review published text; Transport Committee published related report on 10 June 2026 that Department should consider during drafting
- Transport Committee citing competing priorities, including scrutiny of draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement, for not undertaking full inquiry
Tone
ProceduralTopics
Key actors
Dame Meg Hillier MP, Sir Alan Campbell MP, Baroness Smith of Basildon, Liaison Committee, Women and Equalities Committee, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Transport Committee, Business and Trade Committee
Notable line
“The Committee will still review the text of the draft Bill once it is published and decide then whether it would be valuable to take any further evidence …”
Key Quotes
“The Committee agreed that the decision for the draft Conversion Practices Bill to be scrutinised by a joint committee still stands but noted that the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee would be keen to feed into that scrutiny.”
“Provisionally the Transport Committee has indicated it will not conduct a full inquiry to scrutinise this draft Bill.”
“… the Committee expects to have a busy of programme of work for the remainder of this year, including scrutiny of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement recently laid by the Department.”
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