Inquiries Act 2005

Lord Clarke of Nottingham Excerpts

Wednesday 27th October 2010 Written Statements

[The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Kenneth Clarke)]

I am today laying before Parliament the Government’s memorandum to the Justice Select Committee on post-legislative scrutiny of the Inquiries Act 2005.

The Inquiries Act 2005 introduced a comprehensive statutory framework for inquiries set up by Ministers to look into events that have caused or are capable of causing public concern. There are wide-ranging measures in the Act aimed at restoring public confidence in inquiries by making inquiry process swifter, more efficient and less costly while meeting public need for thorough and far-reaching investigation.