Revitalising the Chamber: The Role of the Back Bench Member

HC 337, First Report of Session 2006-07 – Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

Author:

House of Commons – Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £22.00

'Revitalising the Chamber: The Role of the Back Bench Member (HC 337)' makes recommendations to improve the process by which Members learn and develop their careers.

If implemented, the recommendations would mean:

• extending the period between a General Election and the date of first sitting, to allow for a longer period of induction;

• allocating part of most question times to topical questions;

• extra debates on topical matters on a weekly basis;

• shorter debates on most general issues and some legislation;

• a weekly half-hour slot for debating Select Committee Reports;

• more comprehensible motions;

• shorter speeches;

• greater flexibility on time limits on speeches; and

• the reintroduction, on a trial basis, of Private Members' Motions in Westminster Hall.

Extent	204 pages	ISBN	9780215034670
Size	A4	Price	£22.00
Format	Paperback	Published	20 Jun 2007
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