Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Lord Cormack (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 5 March 2009 on behalf of the Leader of the House of Commons.
Procedure Committee
- Question
- What possible remaining justification is there for having a Cabinet Minister chairing a Select Committee of this House?
- Answer
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As I just said, the whole idea of creating the Modernisation Committee in the first place was to take forward the agenda that this Government were elected by the people to deliver. Part of that involved modernising the House. The Modernisation Committee has brought forward many proposals that have benefited Back Benchers, not least the introduction of topical questions, which I note were extremely popular just now.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 488 c984
- Session
- 2008-09
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- House of Commons Modernisation Reform
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- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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