Modernisation of the House of Commons - First Report

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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 25 July 2006.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Introduction

Connecting with the public

The volume of legislation

Primary and secondary legislation

Pre-legislative Scrutiny

Development of pre-legislative scrutiny

Impact of pre-legislative scrutiny

Connecting with the public

Improving the law

Smoothing the passage of legislation

Making pre-legislative scrutiny more effective

Volume of draft bills

Continuity of membership

Information about bills

Second reading

Programming

Committee Stage

Special standing committees

Nomenclature of standing committees

Making public bill committees more flexible

Public bill committees and pre-legislative scrutiny

Making public bill committees more effective

Committee papers

Notice periods for amendments

Explanatory material for amendments

Use of computers

Reporting the bill to the House

A substantive report from the committee

Showing the amendments made to the bill

Third Reading

Post-legislative scrutiny

Consideration of Lords Amendments

Programming Lords Amendments

The Reasons Committee

Making Lords Amendments easier to follow

Timing of Votes

Resource implications

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE

Oral Evidence - 10 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 17 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 24 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 21 June 2006
Oral Evidence - 28 June 2006
Oral Evidence - 5 July 2006

Written Evidence

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Prepared 7 September 2006