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). It is chaired by Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsProcCom

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Third Report - Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot
Inquiry Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot
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First report - Proxy voting and the presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall
Inquiries Voting by proxy, and Presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall
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Response to this report
First Special Report - Proxy voting and the presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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HC 691
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Response to this report
Government response to the proxy voting report
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Government Response
First Special Report - Proxy voting and the presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
Inquiry Presence of babies in the Chamber and Westminster Hall
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Oral evidence transcripts

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30 January 2023
Inquiry Correcting the record
Witnesses House of Commons, and House of Commons
Committees Procedure Committee
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Oral Evidence
28 November 2022
Work Accountability hearings (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP (Leader at House of Commons)
Committees Procedure Committee
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23 November 2022
Inquiry Correcting the record
Witnesses Esther Webber (Senior UK correspondent at Politico Europe), Henry Dyer (Investigations reporter at The Guardian), and Robert Hutton (Parliamentary sketch writer at The Critic)
Committees Procedure Committee
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Written evidence

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PVI0016 - Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot
Witnesses Dame Margaret Hodge
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PVI0015 - Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot
Witnesses Tahir Ali
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PVI0014 - Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot
Witnesses Hilary Benn
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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
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
144 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
3 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
2 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.
5 published

Contact us

  • Email: proccom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3351 (General enquiries) / 0207 219 0969 (Media enquiries) / 18001 020 7219 3351 (text relay)
  • Address: Procedure Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA