Modernisation of the House of Commons - Second 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 30 April 2008.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  History

Select Committees

Scrutiny in the Chamber

The Governance of Britain

3  Effective scrutiny

Timing

Select Committees and the Chamber

PSAs

Departmental Annual Reports and other documents

4  Departmental debates

"Tagging"

Debates in government time

Using existing Select Committee time

5  Conclusion

List of recommendations

Formal Minutes

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Written Evidence

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Prepared 7 May 2008