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

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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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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HC 325
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1st Special Report - Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2022–23: Government responses
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First Report - Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
Inquiry Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
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First Special Report - Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Further correspondence from Leader of the House of Commons regarding proxy voting arrangements, dated 19 November 2024
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Correspondence from the Chair to the Leader of the House of Commons regarding proxy voting arrangements, dated 7 November 2024
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Correspondence from Leader of the House of Commons relating to the work of the Modernisation Committee, dated 15 October 2024
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Oral evidence transcripts

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4 December 2024
Work Work of the Leader of the House (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Leader of the House of Commons
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29 January 2024
Inquiry The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution
Witnesses Hon Joseph E. Farrell, Premier of Montserrat, and Hon Teslyn Barkman MLA (Member of the Falkland Island Legislative Assembly)
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29 January 2024
Inquiry The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution
Witnesses Hon Fabian Picardo KC MP, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, and Hon Dr Joseph Garcia GMC MP, Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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Written evidence

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Martin Docherty-Hughes (CSL0008)
Inquiry Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
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Foreign Affairs Select Committee (CSL0007)
Inquiry Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
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Sarah Champion (CSL0001)
Inquiry Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
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Government Responses
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3 published
Formal Minutes
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12 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
7 published
Engagement documents
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1 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
15 published
Other documents
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6 published
Pre-2010 publications
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  • Phone: 020 7219 3351 (General enquiries) / 0207 219 0969 / CommonsPressOffice@parliament.uk (Media enquiries) / 18001 020 7219 3351 (text relay)
  • Address: Procedure Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA