House of Commons - Procedure - Fourth Report

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Procedure - Fourth Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 July 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Report
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Programming: the general principles

Cross-party agreement
Programming too soon?
The role of standing committee chairmen
Dispensing with a programming sub-committee
Pre-legislative scrutiny

3 Programming: detailed issues

Committee stage
Number of "knives"
Delaying knives
Later sittings
Intervals between stages
Time limits on speeches
Technical amendments to sessional orders
Report stage
Third reading

4 The annual programme and carry-over
Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Oral evidence
Wednesday 19 May 2004
Wednesday 21 April 2004
Wednesday 24 March 2004
Wednesday 10 March 2004
Wednesday 25 February 2004
Wednesday 11 February 2004
Written evidence
Letter to the Chairman from Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody MP
Reports from the Procedure Committee since 2001

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Prepared 14 July 2004