Written questions

Recall of MPs Act 2015

Lords · Question HL11754 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Norton of Louth

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendation of the House of Commons Select Committee on Standards, in paragraph 242 of its Third Report of Session 2023-24 (HC247) that the Recall of MPs Act 2015 be subject to

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 20 Nov 2025

As stated in the Government's response to the report of the House of Commons Committee on Standards (HC637), the Government believes that the Recall of MPs Act 2015 is broadly operating as intended. Where there are procedural challenges, the standards sys...