1 Introduction
1. This short Report addresses unfinished business
left over from work undertaken by the Procedure Committee in the
last Parliament in the form of three reports which were not put
to the House for debate or decision. These are the reports on
select committee amendments, on explanatory statements on amendments
to bills and on written parliamentary questions.[1]
In all three cases the aim of our predecessor Committee was to
enhance the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny. We have re-examined
the first two proposals and concluded that they merit our continuing
support and that of the House. In the case of written parliamentary
questions, we have taken a fresh look at the implications of the
rise in the number of questions and have put forward a new proposal
for consideration.
1 Fifth Report from the Procedure Committee, Tabling
of amendments by select committees, Session 2008-09 (HC 1104);
Second Report from the Procedure Committee, Explanatory statements
on amendments to bills, Session 2009-10 (HC 410); Third Report
from the Procedure Committee, Written Parliamentary Questions,
Session 2008-09 (HC 859) Back
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