Twenty-seventh backbench debate (first half, part two). Motion that this House welcomes the report of the Liaison Committee on Select Committee effectiveness, resources and powers, second report of Session 2012–13, HC 697, and the responses to it, third report of Session 2012–13, HC 911; welcomes the positive impact of the Wright reforms, particularly the election of committee chairs and members, on the effectiveness and authority of select committees; endorses the Committee's recommendations for committee best practice and the revised core tasks for departmental select committees; looks forward to agreement on procedures for committee statements on the floor of the House and arrangements for debates on committee reports; agrees that co-operation from Government is crucial to effective scrutiny; and supports the Committee's call for a new relationship between Parliament and Government, which recognises the public interest in greater accountability. Agreed to on question.

Twenty-seventh backbench debate (first half, part two). Motion that this House welcomes the report of the Liaison Committee on Select Committee effectiveness, resources and powers, second report of Session 2012–13, HC 697, and the responses to it, third report of Session 2012–13, HC 911; welcomes the positive impact of the...