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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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MPs to hold a general debate on Parliamentary services for Members
MPs to hold a general debate on Parliamentary services for Members
31 August 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the Future of Coastal Communities
MPs to hold a general debate on the Future of Coastal Communities
31 August 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on supporting local food infrastructure
Committee to hold a general debate on supporting local food infrastructure
31 August 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: First report of the Women and Equalities Committee, Menopause in the workplace, HC 91
MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: First report of the Women and Equalities Committee, Menopause in the workplace.
31 August 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the importance of agricultural and county shows to rural Britain
MPs to hold a general debate on the importance of agricultural and county shows to rural Britain
18 July 2022
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MPs will hold a Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment debate
MPs to hold a Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment debate
18 July 2022
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MPs to hold a general debate on UK sanctions for human rights abuses and corruption
MPs to hold a general debate on UK sanctions for human rights abuses and corruption
18 July 2022
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MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Channel crossings, migration and asylum
MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Channel crossings, migration and asylum, First Report of the Home Affairs Committee (HC 194)
18 July 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on New Pylons in East Anglia
MPs to hold a general debate on New Pylons in East Anglia
18 July 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on forced labour and NHS PPE supply chains
MPs to hold a general debate on forced labour and NHS PPE supply chains
12 July 2022
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MPs to hold a general debate on Protecting and restoring nature at COP15 and beyond
MPs to hold a general debate on Protecting and restoring nature at COP15 and beyond
12 July 2022
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MPs to hold a debate on a motion on Srebrenica
MPs to hold a debate on a motion on Srebrenica
12 July 2022
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MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it, Fifth Report
MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
12 July 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the Restoration and Renewal Programme in the House of Commons
MPs to hold a general debate in on the Restoration and Renewal Programme in the House of Commons.
6 July 2022
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Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the Third Report of the Home Affairs Committee, The Macpherson Report: twenty-two years on
MPs to hold a debate in on the Third Report of the Home Affairs Committee, The Macpherson Report: twenty-two years on
6 July 2022
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MPs to hold a general debate on Alcohol Duty and tax on alcohol
MPs to hold a general debate on Alcohol Duty and tax on alcohol
5 July 2022
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MPs to hold a debate on a motion on Economic Crime Law Enforcement Resourcing
MPs to hold a debate on a motion on Economic Crime Law Enforcement Resourcing
5 July 2022
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MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Access to Cash in Scotland: Second Report
MPs to hold a debate on Select Committee Statement: Access to Cash in Scotland: Second Report
5 July 2022
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Estimates day debates
The Backbench Business Committee has proposed the topics for the Main Estimates Day debates, which will be held on Tuesday 5 July and Wednesday 6 July.
4 July 2022
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General debate on the future of Motor Neurone Disease
MPs will hold a general debate on the future of Motor Neurone Disease
22 June 2022
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