Dom Walsh

House of Lords Committee Clerk, currently with @HLIntAgreements. Not on here very much. Views and tweets my own.

[House of Lords International Agreements Committee @HLIntAgreements]

📢 Call for Evidence: Trade in a Turbulent World

Amid growing challenges to the future of rules-based trade, we have launched a new inquiry: “Trade in a turbulent world: how should the UK deploy its trade instruments?”

Write to us by 22 May:

https://t.co/c0Khm4x4Yx…

[Dom Walsh @DomWalsh13]

New report from @HLIntAgreements on the UK-India FTA is out 👇

Pleased to be working on trade policy again!

[House of Lords International Agreements Committee @HLIntAgreements]

🇬🇧🤝🇮🇳 We have published our report on the UK-India Free Trade Agreement. The report sets out our analysis of the context and impact of the FTA for the UK.

We conclude that, despite some shortcomings, the FTA is a significant achievement. Read more 👇

[House of Lords International Agreements Committee @HLIntAgreements]

🇬🇧🤝🇮🇳 We have published our report on the UK-India Free Trade Agreement. The report sets out our analysis of the context and impact of the FTA for the UK.

We conclude that, despite some shortcomings, the FTA is a significant achievement. Read more 👇

[House of Lords Home-based Working Committee @HLHomeWorking]

📢What are your views on remote and hybrid working in the UK? We're launching our call for evidence and we want to hear from you.

⏰ The deadline for submissions is 25 April.

Follow the link to find out more ⬇️

https://t.co/JzhsPi1jHA

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Parliament will be prorogued today. We will not be able to take written evidence for our skills for the future inquiry during the General Election period. If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

We have written to Housing Minister Lee Rowley MP (@Lee4NED), expressing disappointment at the Government's brief response to our letter calling for the introduction of a regulator of property agents, and calling for a fuller response.

Read the letter ✉️ https://t.co/rkucRwcPGj

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Shortly, the House of Lords will debate our report on the Office for Students, which found that the regulator was combative with the higher education sector, not sufficiently independent of the Government, and that it must improve. [1/3]

Watch live 📺 https://t.co/x8NOdTqMZq

[House of Lords @UKHouseofLords]

Starting now: @HLIndustryCom’s @officestudents report.

🔴 Watch live at the link in our bio
https://t.co/BdGdicIDgj

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

The Government has published a response to our report on UK regulators as part of its White Paper on Smarter Regulation. The report informed "our general thinking and some of these specific reforms", according to @biztradegovuk.

Read the response 📄 [1/2] https://t.co/jnw8Ymq7GB

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

❓ What types of skills are needed for the future?

Next week, we continue our inquiry into future skills by hearing from national and local institutions in the skills system: @IFAteched, @britishchambers, @OxfordshireLEP and @candwep.

Read more 👇 https://t.co/Am0FW6CboJ

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

🤔 What changes are needed to ensure the skills and training system is ready for the future?

We have published a call for evidence for our inquiry into the skills needed for the future of the UK economy.

If you have views, get in touch here 📢 https://t.co/nRZn6xJpaw

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

❓ Is the training system capable of delivering skills for the future?

Next week, we will begin our inquiry into skills for the future by hearing from former ministers and advisers.

Read more 👇 https://t.co/6roorIKkU5

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

We have written a letter to @michaelgove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in which we call for the Government to set up a regulator of property agents. [1/6]

Read the letter 📨 https://t.co/7DLPHsn2j2

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Watch live: we discuss whether there should be a new regulator of property agents with @Andrew_Bulmer of The Property Institute, Timothy Douglas of @PropertymarkUK and Luay al-Khatib of @RICSnews.

Watch here 📺 https://t.co/FXUjXG4V9H

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

❓ How can property agents be held to account for poor practice?

Tomorrow, we hear from industry bodies, consumer advisors, redress schemes and trading standards as we continue our inquiry into the regulation of property agents.

Read more 👇 https://t.co/GQZuGjNAeC

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Watch live: we continue our session on the regulation of property agents with @sebastianokelly of @LKPleasehold. We will consider whether a new regulator of property agents would benefit leaseholders and what success would look like.

Watch here 👀 https://t.co/8ocTUg2qM0

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Watch live: we discuss the regulation of property agents with @Conor__OShea of @genrentuk. We will consider renters' experience of letting agents and how effective current complaints and redress systems are.

Watch here 📺 https://t.co/8ocTUg2qM0

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Should there be a regulator for property agents? 🤔

Next week, we begin a short inquiry into the regulation of property agents by hearing from campaigners for renters and leaseholders. Read more 👇 https://t.co/Aw6fpDmdPx

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

Last week we published our report on UK regulators, which called for a fresh approach to improve their performance, independence and accountability.

Read the report here 👇 https://t.co/YMEt2kXQ6J

[Lords Industry and Regulators Committee @HLIndustryCom]

"The government needs to resolve the political issues facing regulators, and then leave them to do their jobs."

Lord Hollick, our former Chair, has written for @politicshome to mark the publication of our report on UK regulators last week. Read here 📄 https://t.co/1aBDoDALEB