Procedure - 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 8 May 2007.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Public Petitions

Early Day Motions

1  Introduction

2  Public Petitions

The previous Committee's inquiry into Public Petitions

The Role of the Member

Petitions Committee

Presenting Petitions

Publishing Petitions

Parliamentary website

Public Petitions and Select Committees

Government Responses

E-petitions

e-petitions in other legislatures and organisations

e-petitions in the House of Commons

3  Early Day Motions

Uses to which EDMs are put

Rationing EDMs

Limitations on subject matter

Triviality

Ministerial responsibility

Debates

'Tagging' EDMs

Publishing EDMs

Parliamentary website

e-Tabling

Conclusions and recommendations

Public Petitions

Early Day Motions

Annex 1: Petitions presented to the House of Commons in Sessions 1994-95 to 2005-06

Annex 2: Early Day Motions-Analysis of questionnaire sent to all Members

Formal minutes

Public Petitions

Witnesses

List of written evidence

Early Day Motions

Witnesses

List of written evidence

Reports from the Procedure Committee since 2005

List of Oral Evidence

Wednesday 17 January 2007 with Written Evidence

Tuesday 28 March 2006

Wednesday 6 December 2006 with Written Evidence

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Prepared 22 May 2007