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Proceeding contribution from Graham Allen (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 July 2005. It occurred during Debate on Administration Committee.

Administration Committee

I am delighted that the Leader of the House has moved the debate on. As he mentioned my name, I felt obliged to make a contribution on this issue. To answer the hon. Member for Windsor (Adam Afriyie), the process has been relatively fast compared with previous occasions when it sometimes took six or seven months before Committees were set up. The way forward is, again, to remove the power from the Government and the alternative Government, and make it part of Mr. Speaker’s duties to convene Select Committees within a given period after a general election. The delay, which is to the benefit only of the Government, would not then occur. Members of Parliament would take control of their own Committees.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
436 c845 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Pay Members National Assembly for Wales Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary privilege Select committees Scottish Affairs Committee Committee on Standards and Privileges Modernisation Committee Broadcasting Committee Committee of Selection Defence Committee Information Committee Public Administration Select Committee Committee of Public Accounts Health Committee Home Affairs Committee Transport Committee Trade and Industry Committee Administration Committee Foreign Affairs Committee Welsh Affairs Committee Liaison Committee Constitutional Affairs Committee ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee Procedure Committee Finance and Services Committee Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Standing orders Accommodation and Works Committee Catering Committee Culture, Media and Sport Committee Environmental Audit Committee Education and Skills Committee Joint Committee on Human Rights International Development Committee Regulatory Reform Committee Treasury Committee Work and Pensions Committee
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