Sir Evan Paul Silk KCB FLSW (born 8 February 1952)[1] is a former clerk in the British House of Commons.
[3] Sir Paul Silk is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Constitution Reform Group (CRG),[4] a cross-party pressure group chaired by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, which seeks a new constitutional settlement in the UK by way of a new Act of Union.
Clerk in charge of the Government of Wales Bill and contributed to drafting the first Standing Orders of the National Assembly.
He has also worked as Presidential Adviser in the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, and has participated in a number of programmes for emerging democracies.
Silk was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2015 New Years Honours List for services to parliaments and devolution.