Work of the Committee in Session 2010-12 - Backbench Business Committee Contents

 
 

 
Annex B: Summary of Backbench Business in the 2010-12 Session


Date  Subject(s)  Venue  Time allocated

(days)  

No. of Members speaking*  Time limit on speeches  
20 July 2010 Information for backbenchers on statements (Motion)  Chamber 0.5  30 12 mins after 9 pm  
27 July 2010 Pre-Adjournment general debate  Chamber 1  43 8 mins  
9 September 2010 UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan (Motion)  Chamber 1  49 8 mins  
16 September 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review  Chamber 1  45 10 mins  
14 October 2010 (1) Contaminated blood and blood products (Motion)

(2) Anti-Slavery Day  

Chamber 1  (1) 52

(2) 19  

(1) 5 mins

(2) 8 mins  

28 October 2010 Privacy and the Internet  Westminster Hall 0.5  18  
4 November 2010 Impact of the comprehensive spending review on the Department for Work and Pensions  Westminster Hall 0.5  18  
11 November 2010 (1) Publication of a Select Committee Report (Committee of Public Accounts)

(2) Policy for growth  

Chamber 1  (1) 9

(2) 49  


(2) 4 mins 
11 November 2010 Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Department of Health  Westminster Hall 0.5  12  
18 November 2010 (1) 2010 UN Climate Change Conference, Cancun

(2) Houses in Multiple Occupation  

Westminster Hall 0.5  (1) 10

(2) 11  

 
18 November 2010 Immigration (Motion)  Chamber 1  35  
25 November 2010 Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Department for Transport  Westminster Hall 0.5  13  
29 November 2010 (1) Banking reform (Motion)

(2) Regulation of Independent Financial Advisors  

Chamber 1  (1) 29

(2) 42  

6 mins 
2 December 2010 (1) Standards and Privileges (Motions)

(2) Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Motion)

(3) Committee of Public Accounts (Amendment of Standing Orders) (Motions)  

Chamber 1  (1) 9

(2) 44

(3) 0  

 
2 December 2010 Fisheries  Westminster Hall 0.5  18  
9 December 2010 Future of pubs  Westminster Hall 0.5  23  
16 December 2010 Drugs policy  Westminster Hall 0.5   
16 December 2010 (1) Park homes (Motion)

(2) Work of the Committee of Public Accounts (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 30

(2) 12  

 
21 December 2010 Pre-Adjournment general debate  Chamber 1  54 6 mins  
13 January 2011 Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Department for Communities and Local Government  Westminster Hall 0.5  16  
20 January 2011 (1) Horseracing Levy (Motion)

(2) Improving life chances for disadvantaged children  

Chamber 1  (1) 30

(2) 25  

8 mins 
20 January 2011 Anti-Semitism  Westminster Hall 0.5  18  
3 February 2011 (1) Consumer credit regulation and debt management (Motion)

(2) Reform of legal aid  

Chamber 1  (1) 43

(2) 33  

5 mins 
3 February 2011 Parliamentary reform  Westminster Hall 0.5  33  
10 February 2011 Onshore wind energy  Westminster Hall 0.5  26  
10 February 2011 Prisoner voting (Motion)  Chamber 1  71 5 mins from 1pm  
28 February 2011 Big Society (Motion)  Chamber 1  46  
10 March 2011 (1) Publication of a Select Committee Report (Select Committee on Public Administration)

(2) UN Women (EDM 1318)

(3) Future inter-parliamentary scrutiny of EU foreign, defence and security policy (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 11

(2) 29

(3) 12  

(2) 8 mins 
17 March 2011 Articles 9 and 13 of the Bill of Rights and the role of Parliament in dealing with all grievances and the importance of freedom of communication between constituents and Members  Westminster Hall 0.5   
24 March 2011 Future of the Coastguard service  Westminster Hall 0.5  26  
31 March 2011 High Speed Rail  Westminster Hall 0.5  28  
5 April 2011 Pre-Adjournment general debate  Chamber 0.5  28 6 mins  
28 April 2011 Sudan  Westminster Hall 0.5  10  
5 May 2011 Social housing in London  Chamber 1  20  
5 May 2011 General debate  Westminster Hall 0.5   
12 May 2011 (1) Review of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

(2) Fish discards and 2012 Common Agricultural Policy reform  

Chamber 1  (1) 16

(2) 38  

(1) 12 mins

(2) 6 mins  

12 May 2011 Education performance  Westminster Hall 0.5  16  
19 May 2011 (1) BBC World Service

(2) Rural broadband and mobile coverage  

Chamber 1  (1) 13

(2) 34  


(2) 10 mins 
24 May 2011 (1) Eurozone Financial Assistance (Motion)

(2) Pre-Adjournment general debate  

Chamber 1  (1) 30

(2) 35  

6 mins 
9 June 2011 Take-up of apprenticeships by small businesses  Westminster Hall 0.5**  18  
16 June 2011 Student visas  Westminster Hall 0.5  22  
23 June 2011 (1) Publication of a Select Committee Report (Transport)

(2) Congenital cardiac services for children (Motion)

(3) Wild animals in circuses (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 8

(2) 36

(3) 46  


(2) and (3) 6 mins  
23 June 2011 Private finance initiative  Westminster Hall 0.5  25  
30 June 2011 Co-operatives and mutuality in the economy  Westminster Hall 0.5  16  
7 July 2011 Intellectual Property and the Hargreaves Report  Westminster Hall 0.5  11  
19 July 2011 Pre-Adjournment general debate  Chamber 1  57 4 mins from 2.55pm  
15 September 2011 (1) Food Security and Famine Prevention in Africa (Motion)

(2) Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent (General debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 28

(2) 36  

(2) 5 mins 
13 October 2011 (1) Procedure Committee Motions

(2) High Speed 2 (General debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 32

(2) 38  

(1) 10 mins from 2pm

(2) 6 mins  

13 October 2011 Responses to the riots (including e-petition)  Westminster Hall 0.5  27  
17 October 2011 Disclosure and publication of documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster (Motion)  Chamber 0.5  37 8 mins  
24 October 2011 National referendum on the European Union (Motion)  Chamber 1  85 5 mins  
27 October 2011 NHS care of older people  Westminster Hall 0.5  21  
8 November 2011 (1) Publication of a Select Committee Report (Transport)

(2) Cost of motor insurance (Motion)  

Chamber 0.5  (1) 8

(2) 22  

 
10 November 2011 Funding of social care  Westminster Hall 0.5  17  
15 November 2011 (1) Fisheries (Motion)

(2) Fuel prices (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 26

(2) 89  

5 mins from 1.25pm 
24 November 2011 (1)UK manufacturing capability (BAE Systems) (Motion)

(2) Future of manufacturing (General debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 22

(2) 27  

(1) 6 mins then 5 mins

(2) 5 mins then 10 mins then 8 mins  

24 November 2011 Extradition  Westminster Hall 0.5  29  
1 December 2011 (1) BBC (proposed cuts)

(2) Debt advice and debt management

Service (General Debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 34

(2) 17  

(1) 10 mins 
5 December 2011 (1) Ministerial Statements (Motion)

(2) UK extradition arrangements (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 23

(2) 27  


(2) 8 mins 
8 December 2011 European Council  Westminster Hall 0.5  17  
15 December 2011 (1)Recommendations of the members' Expenses Committee report on the operation of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (Motion)

(2) Financial education (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 23

(2) 29  

 
15 December 2011 Remploy  Westminster

Hall  

0.5** 28   
20 December 2011 Pre-Adjournment General Debate  Chamber 1  53 6 mins then 5 mins  
12 January 2012 (1) Statutory code of practice for pub companies (Motion)

(2)Parliamentary representation (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 45

(2) 25  

5 mins 
17 January 2012 Future of town centres and high streets (General debate)  Chamber 1  87 7 mins  
19 January 2012 Holocaust Memorial Day  Westminster Hall 0.5  22  
26 January 2012 (1)European Council (topical debate)

(2) Defence reform and the Strategic defence and Security Review (General debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 17

(2) 35  

(1) 8 mins then 5 mins

(2) 8 mins  

2 February 2012 Network Rail  Westminster Hall 0.5  15  
7 February 2012 Metal Theft (Motion)  Chamber 0.5  35 5 mins  
20 February 2012 Iran (Motion)  Chamber 1  42 8 mins  
23 February 2012 Cycling  Westminster Hall 0.5  56 7 mins  
1 March 2012 (1) CPI/RPI pensions uprating (Motion)

(2) Welsh Affairs (General Debate)  

Chamber 1  (1) 22

(2) 20  

(2) 6 mins from 4.30pm 
7 March 2012 Human rights and the death of Sergei Magnitsky (Motion)  Chamber 0.25  29 5 mins then 4 mins  
8 March 2012 (1) International Women's Day (Topical Debate)

(2) Future of adult social care (Motion)  

Chamber 1  (1) 22

(2) 25  

(1) 5 mins then 4 mins 
15 March 2012 (1) Charging for access to Parliament

(2) Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy  

Chamber 1  (1) 30

(2) 25  

(1) 6 mins then 5 mins

(2) 11 mins  

15 March 2012 Effectiveness of UK Trade and Investment  Westminster Hall 0.5  13  
27 March 2012 Assisted suicide  Chamber 1  62 5 mins then 4 mins  
26 April 2012 (1) Work of the Backbench Business Committee in Session 2010-12

(2) EU working time regulation and the NHS  

Westminster Hall 0.5  *** ***  

*Figures are approximate and include interventions as well as main speeches.

**These debates were taken in Liaison Committee time, due to a late change in scheduling.

***Figures not available at time of going to print.



 

 
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