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A public inquiry, also known as a tribunal of inquiry, government inquiry, or simply inquiry, is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body. In many common law countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Canada, such an inquiry differs from a royal commission in that a public inquiry accepts evidence and conducts its hearings in a more public forum ...
In the United Kingdom, the term public inquiry, also known as a tribunal of inquiry, refers to either statutory or non-statutory inquiries that have been established either previously by the monarch or by government ministers of the United Kingdom, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh governments to investigate either specific, controversial events or policy proposals.
A Tribunal of Inquiry, often simply called a tribunal, is a powerful type of statutory inquiry whose procedures are governed by the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 as amended. [1] An Oireachtas inquiry is a less powerful non-statutory inquiry controlled directly by the Oireachtas (parliament).
The inquiry has heard from hundreds of witnesses, including current and former politicians, civil servants, government advisers, public health experts and representatives of bereaved families.
The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown have expressed "deep regret" at a move by the government to appeal a ruling ordering the Northern Ireland secretary to set up a public inquiry into ...
A public inquiry looking at the police investigation into the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 was announced by the Scottish Government in March.
Pages in category "Public inquiries in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A public inquiry is set to take place following the rejection of plans for a solar farm. The proposed facility, which would span 145 acres (59 hectares) near the A14 by Thrapston, Northamptonshire ...