Procedure Committee - Second Report
Motions "That the House sit in private"

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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 5 November 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Motions "That the House sit in private"

Introduction

History

Use of the procedure

Quorum call

Sitting in private

Other uses of the procedure

Potential reform of the procedure

Position of the Chair

Quorum and the impact of the abolition of the count

Private Members' bills

Coming out of a private sitting

Conclusion

Annex: List of occasions on which the motion "That the House sit in private" has been moved other than on private Members' Fridays since 2000

Formal Minutes

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 17 November 2014