Inter-Parliamentary Forum

Inter-Parliamentary Forum

Predecessor	Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Brexit
Formation	February 25, 2022 (2022-02-25)
Legal status	Joint committee
Purpose	Interparliamentary relations
Region served	United Kingdom
Membership	House of Lords House of Commons Northern Ireland Assembly Scottish Parliament Senedd
Official language	English, Welsh

The Inter-Parliamentary Forum (IPF; Welsh: Fforwm Rhyngseneddol) is a mechanism for dialogue and cooperation between the members of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and the three devolved legislatures in the United Kingdom, the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and the Senedd (Welsh Parliament). It is composed of the chairs or conveners of relevant committees of each legislature.

The forum was established in 2022 as the successor to the Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Brexit which first met in 2017 to help coordinate the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Terms of reference

The forum's terms of reference were adopted following its first meeting in February 2022 and are as follows:

"The Interparliamentary Forum provides a collective space to share information about, and does not supplant, each parliament’s scrutiny of its executive.

Initial priorities for the forum will include oversight of:

• Inter-governmental relations including agreeing a joint annual report on addressing common scrutiny challenges;
• The operation of international agreements including the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Withdrawal Agreement and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol;
• The UK internal market including the UK Internal Market Act and Common Frameworks;
• The impact of the new constitutional arrangements on the legislative process including the use of secondary powers and the legislative consent process.

The Interparliamentary Forum will aim to improve scrutiny in these areas through both a mutual exchange of information and best practice at a parliamentary level and in seeking a consistent approach to improving accountability at both a Ministerial and inter-governmental level."

Meetings

The Inter-Parliamentary Forum usually meets twice a year, in spring and in autumn.

Overview of Interparliamentary Forum meetings

Date	Host	Chair	Joint statement
25 February 2022	House of Lords	John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith	[1]
28 October 2022	Senedd	Elin Jones	[2]
24 March 2023	House of Commons	William Wragg	[3]
27 October 2023	Scottish Parliament	Alison Johnstone	[4]
29 February 2024	House of Lords	Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake Peter Ricketts, Baron Ricketts	[5]

See also

• Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom
• British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly
• EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
• Legislatures of the United Kingdom
• Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs

External links

• Scottish Parliament: Interparliamentary Forum
• Senedd Cymru: Interparliamentary Forum
• Northern Ireland Assembly: Interparliamentary Forum