Procedure Committee

Rt Hon
Greg Knight MP
(Chair)

The Procedure Committee considers the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business. The Committee was nominated on 13 July 2005. Mr Greg Knight became Chairman of the Committee on 9 November 2005.

Future meetings | Guide for witnesses | Additional information on giving evidence

What's new

Explanatory statements on amendments to bills, published as the Committee's Second Report of 2009-10 on Tuesday 2 March 2010.

Current inquiries

• Explanatory statements on amendments to bills - Report published on 2 March 2010.

• Election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers - Interim report on Election of Deputy Speakers published on 2 November 2009. Full report, Election of the Speaker and of the Deputy Speakers, published on 3 February 2010.

• Timetabling of business - Memoranda published on Internet. Report to follow.

• Select Committee Amendments - Report to be published.

• Written Parliamentary Questions - Report published on 16 July 2009. Government reply published as Special Report on 7 December 2009.

Recent inquiries

• e-Petitions - Report published on 8 May 2009. Government reply published as Special Report on 20 July 2009
• Interleaving of Bills and Explanatory Notes - Report published on 26 March 2009

Formal Minutes by Session

2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee list only the various formal decisions and other proceedings of a formal nature (such as witnesses heard). They are not a record of all the discussions which may have been held. Other announcements by committees are communicated in other ways, such as during public evidence sessions or in Press Notices, or when a final decision has been made.

General

Freedom of Information: All FoI related inquiries should be made in writing to the Clerk of the Committee.

All Committee publications, including Reports and transcripts of public evidence sessions, are placed on these pages on the day of publication. Uncorrected transcripts of public evidence sessions are also placed on these pages within one week of the date of the session. They are later replaced with corrected versions. If you would like to view any of the Committee's publications, follow the links to Reports and Publications.

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