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Backbench Business Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Backbench Business Committee gives opportunities to backbench Members of Parliament to bring forward debates of their choice. It was the first business committee of any kind to be established by the House of Commons.

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Committee news

MPs to debate visa arrangements for inshore industry fishing crews

MPs to debate visa arrangements for inshore industry fishing crews

MPs to debate short-term holiday lets and the planning system

MPs to debate short-term holiday lets and the planning system

MPs to hold a debate on tackling Islamophobia

MPs to hold a debate on tackling Islamophobia

MPs to hold a debate on recognition of the Ukrainian Holodomor

MPs to hold a debate on recognition of the Ukrainian Holodomor

MPs to debate National Numeracy Day

MPs to debate National Numeracy Day

MPs to debate access to psilocybin treatments

MPs to debate access to psilocybin treatments

MPs to debate public access to nature

MPs to debate public access to nature

MPs to debate the cost of living for people with disabilities

MPs to debate the cost of living for people with disabilities

MPs to debate reducing plastic pollution in the oceans

MPs to debate reducing plastic pollution in the oceans

MPs to debate high street bank closures and banking hubs

MPs to debate high street bank closures and banking hubs

MPs to hold a debate on Allergy Awareness Week

MPs to hold a debate on Allergy Awareness Week

MPs to debate the potential merits of a special tribunal on Ukraine

MPs to debate the potential merits of a special tribunal on Ukraine

MPs to debate No Recourse to Public Funds

MPs to debate No Recourse to Public Funds

MPs to debate the future of Overseas Territories

MPs to debate the future of Overseas Territories

MPs to debate progress on the Support for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

MPs to debate progress on the Support for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

MPs to hold a general debate on the Third Report of the Justice Select Committee, IPP Sentences

MPs to hold a general debate on the Third Report of the Justice Select Committee, IPP Sentences

MPs to debate progress on reforms to NHS dentistry

MPs to debate progress on reforms to NHS dentistry

MPs to hold a debate on human rights protections for Palestinians

MPs to hold a debate on human rights protections for Palestinians

MPs to debate international trade and geopolitics

MPs to debate international trade and geopolitics

MPs to debate the economic contribution of medical cannabis

MPs to debate the economic contribution of medical cannabis