Committees

Procedure Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Procedure Committee considers the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of its public business. It is appointed under Standing Order No. 147. It can make recommendations to the House about the operation of the House’s Standing Orders for public business, and any other aspect of House procedure and practice (as generally described in Erskine May). You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @CommonsProcCom, and on Bluesky using @CommonsProcCom.parliament.uk

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Written parliamentary questions: Departmental performance in Session 2023–24
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2023–24
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Response to this report
2nd Special Report – Written Parliamentary Questions – Departmental performance in Session 2023–24: Government Response
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Special Report
2nd Special Report – Written Parliamentary Questions – Departmental performance in Session 2023–24: Government Response
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Second Report - Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental Performance in Session 2022–23
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2022–23
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Response to this report
1st Special Report - Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2022–23: Government responses
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Correspondence

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Reply from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to WPQ performance, dated 7 May 2025
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
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Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to WPQ performance, dated 3 April 2025
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
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Reply from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions relating to WPQ performance, dated 30 April 2025
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
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Oral evidence transcripts

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7 May 2025
Inquiry Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
Witnesses Department of Health and Social Care, and Department of Health and Social Care
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23 April 2025
Inquiry Elections within the House of Commons
Witnesses Mr Nigel Evans, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, and Baroness Laing of Elderslie
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Oral Evidence
23 April 2025
Inquiry Elections within the House of Commons
Witnesses Natascha Engel, and Baroness Primarolo
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Written evidence

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HM Government (EVO0011)
Inquiry Electronic voting
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Surrey Centre for Cyber Security (EVO0010)
Inquiry Electronic voting
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Centenary Action (EVO0009)
Inquiry Electronic voting
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
3 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
13 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
7 published
Engagement documents
Documents relating to committee engagement activities, such as forums, surveys or ‘roundtable’ events with experts and stakeholders that the committee has chosen to make public.
1 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
15 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
6 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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  • Address: Procedure Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA