Backbench Business Committee weekly meeting 6 September 2016

6 September 2016

Watch MPs put forward a case to the Backbench Business Committee to debate their selected subjects.

The Backbench Business Committee meets weekly on Tuesdays to consider requests for debates from any backbench Members of Parliament on any subject.

The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.

Representations made this week - 6 September 2016

MP(s)	Subject
Angela Smith, Maria Miller, Peter Kyle	Domestic abuse victims in Family Law Courts
Diana Johnson, Barbara Keeley, Margaret Ritchie	Reform of the support arrangements for those affected by contaminated blood and blood products
Sir Eric Pickles, Joan Ryan, Ian Paisley	Resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians
Alex Cunningham	Tobacco control plan
Frank Field, Michelle Thomson, Richard Fuller	BHS
Maria Miller, Ruth Cadbury, Angela Crawley	Transgender equality
Antoinette Sandbach, Will Quince,	Baby loss

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