Written question asked by Tony Wright (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 December 1999. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 December 1999 on behalf of the Leader of the House of Commons.

President of the Council;Leader of the House of Commons

Question: To ask the President of the Council, if she will make a statement on her plans to implement the recommendations of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons. (Failed OPQ)

Answer: Mr. Drew: To ask the President of the Council if she will make a statement on the modernisation of the procedures of the House which have been introduced since 1997. [101273] Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the President of the Council if she will make a statement on her plans to implement the recommendations of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons. [101276] Mrs. Beckett: Forty-seven of the 54 recommendations of the Modernisation Committee directed at Government have already been implemented. The House has adopted a range of measures to improve the scrutiny of legislation; Thursday sittings have been brought forward; the scrutiny of European business has been reformed and sittings in Westminster Hall have begun.

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