Committee news
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 28 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 28 November 2023
30 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 21 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 21 November 2023
30 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 14 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 14 November 2023
30 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 24 October 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 24 October 2023
30 November 2023
Dangerous dogs legislation to be debated by MPs
Dangerous dogs legislation to be debated by MPs
23 November 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 17 October 2023
Committee considers e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures.
20 October 2023
Cat Smith elected Chair of the Petitions Committee
The Deputy Speaker has announced that Cat Smith MP has been elected to serve as the Chair of the Petitions Committee
18 October 2023
Honesty in politics to be debated by MPs
Martyn Day MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, has been asked by the Committee to open the debate
18 October 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 12 September 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 12 September 2023
15 September 2023
Pay and financial support for healthcare students to be debated by MPs
Pay and financial support for healthcare students to be debated by MPs
6 September 2023
Chair nominations open for Business and Trade Committee and the Petitions Committee
Nominations are now open for Chair of the Business and Trade Committee and the Chair of the Petitions Committee
6 September 2023
Assessments for disability benefits to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate petitions relating to assessments for disability benefits
1 September 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 18 July 2023
Petitions Committee publishes decisions on e-petitions considered with over 100,000 signatures, and with over 10,000 signatures
8 August 2023
What happens to Parliamentary Petitions?
Catherine McKinnell MP, podcast host and Chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee, unwraps the petitions process with petitioner Andy Airey, expert Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira, and fellow MP, Nick Fletcher.
21 July 2023
Committee Corridor: Voter ID
Host Catherine McKinnell MP, Chair of the Petitions Committee, speaks to Dr John Ault, Director of Democracy Volunteers, followed by Clive Betts MP and William Wragg MP, the Chairs of two select committees which have been tracking the progress of changes to electoral law.
14 July 2023
Pay for teaching assistants to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to pay for teaching assistants
12 July 2023
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 4 July 2023
Petitions Committee publishes decisions on e-petitions with over 10,000 signatures
7 July 2023
The use of swift bricks debated by MPs
On Monday 10 July, MPs will debate a petition relating to the use of swift bricks in new housing
4 July 2023
Committee Corridor podcast: The impact of declining local journalism
How do we hold local Government and public services to account for the decisions that affect our everyday lives without local media? And what does it mean for our understanding of institutions like the courts if we don't engage with coverage?
30 June 2023
Approved Mileage Allowance to be debated by MPs
Petitions Committee to debate petition relating to the Approved Mileage Allowance
28 June 2023