Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Williams (Labour), on Tuesday, 30 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 58 members in total.

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STANDARD SIZE OF DEPARTMENTAL SELECT COMMITTEES

That this House endorses the Liaison Committee's welcome for the Modernisation Committee's belief in the central role of select committees in parliamentary scrutiny; also endorses the Liaison Committee's support for most of the proposals in the Modernisation Committee's report on Select Committees; regrets, however, that the Liaison Committee's strong concerns that the standard size of departmental select committees should remain as 11 have been overlooked; notes that the collective objections of chairmen are related to their experience in maintaining the cohesion of committees in carrying out the crucial task of scrutiny; points out that an increase of over one-third in the size of most committees would substantially alter their effectiveness and method of working; and urges the Leader of the House to reconsider this important issue.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1214 

Session

2001-02

Other sponsors

Gerald Kaufman

Edward Leigh

Lord Young of Cookham

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

Baroness Corston

Subjects

House of Commons Modernisation Reform Select committees Modernisation Committee

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk