32 PROCEDURE
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 25 May 2010.
Members
Knight, Mr Greg (Chair)
Bradley, Karen (added 31.10.11)
Chapman, Jenny
Dakin, Nic (added 11.10.11)
Docherty, Thomas (added 21.3.11)
Gale, Sir Roger
Goodman, Helen (added 1.3.11)
Gray, Mr James
Greatrex, Tom
Hemming, John
Nuttall, David
Percy, Andrew (discharged 31.10.11)
Phillipson, Bridget (discharged 11.10.11)
Rees-Mogg, Jacob
Smith, Ms Angela C (discharged 21.3.11)
Wood, Mike (discharged 1.3.11)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
51 out of 51
13 out of 14
37 out of 51
14 out of 17
19 out of 29
38 out of 51
14 out of 32
45 out of 51
24 out of 51
44 out of 51
49 out of 51
6 out of 37
17 out of 34
44 out of 51
0 out of 22
3 out of 19
68.7 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 51 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 12 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 39 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 3
|
Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)
| 24 |
Officers of the House of Commons
| 4 |
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 10 |
| |
Overseas Visits
None
Visits to European Institutions
None
| |
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29-30.11.11 | Edinburgh
| Knight, Bradley, Gale, Gray, Nuttall
| 1 | Inquiries into e-petitions and sitting hours
| £3,583 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Ministerial Statements
| 602 | 2.2.11
| Received 31.3: published as the Committee's First Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Second Report: Improving the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny: (a) Select committee amendments, (b) Explanatory statements on amendments, (c) Written parliamentary questions
| 800 | 9.3.11
| Received 17.5.11: published as the Committee's Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Third Report: Use of hand-held electronic devices in the Chamber and committees
| 889 | 24.3.11
| Received 29.3.11 as a letter from the Leader of the House of Commons
|
Fourth Report: Reasoned opinions on subsidiarity under the Lisbon Treaty
| 1440 | 20.7.11
| Awaited |
Fifth Report: 2010 elections for positions in the House
| 1573 | 31.10.11
| Received 23.1.12: published as the Committee's Ninth Report, Session 2010-12
|
Sixth Report: Lay membership of the Committee on Standards and Privileges
| 1606 | 7.11.11
| Received 23.2.12: published as the Committee's Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Seventh Report: Debates on Government e-petitions
| 1707 | 19.1.12
| Received 20.3.12: published as the Committee's Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Eighth Report: E-tabling of parliamentary questions for written answer
| 1823 | 21.2.12
| Not required |
Ninth Report: 2010 elections for positions in the House: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1824 | 16.2.12
| Received 6.3.12 as a letter from the Leader of the House of Commons
|
First Special Report: Ministerial Statements: Government Response to the Committee's First Report, Session 2010-12
| 1062 | 24.5.11
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Improving the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny: (a) Select committee amendments (b) Explanatory statements on amendments (c) Written parliamentary scrutiny: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report, Session 2010-12
| 1063 | 24.5.11
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Lay membership of the Committee on Standards and Privileges: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1869 | 2.3.12
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Debates on Government e-Petitions: Government response to the Seventh Report of 2010-12
| 1902 | 20.3.12
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
None
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/procedure-committee/formal-minutes1/.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
16.3.11
25.4.12
| Two, on the Chair's draft Report on Use of hand-held electronic devices in the Chamber and committees
Two, on the Chair's draft Report on Sitting Hours and the Parliamentary Calendar
|
Debates
The following Reports were debated in the House:
Third Report, Session 2010-12, Use of hand-held
electronic devices in the Chamber and committees, HC 889,
13.10.11
Second Report, Session 2010-12, Improving the
effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny: (a) Select committee
amendments (b) Explanatory statements on amendments (c) Written
parliamentary scrutiny, HC 800, 13.10.11
First Report, Session 2010-12, Ministerial Statements,
HC 602, 5.12.11
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Debates on Government e-Petitions
| 1 |
Lay Members on Standards and Privileges Committee
| 3 |
Ministerial Statements |
2 |
Sittings of the House and the Parliamentary Calendar
| 6 |
Total | 12
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