Backbench Business Committee
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The Backbench Business Committee of the British House of Commons was created on 15 June 2010 through the adoption of a new standing order.[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmvote/100615v01.htm House of Commons Votes and Proceedings, 15 June 2010] It was created soon after 2010 general election, but had been proposed during the previous Parliament by the Wright Committee on Reform of the House of Commons in its report of 12 November 2009.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmrefhoc/cmrefhoc.htm |title=The House of Commons - Reform of the House of Commons Committee |publisher=Parliament.uk |access-date=2010-06-06}}
Remit
The committee is responsible for determining, on behalf of backbench members (i.e., members who are not Ministers of the Crown or shadow ministers), the business before the House for approximately one day each week. This includes Thursday sittings in the parallel debating chamber, known as Westminster Hall, which are considered half days. The amendments to Standing Order 14 give the committee 35 days per session, of which at least 27 are taken on the floor of the House (as opposed to Westminster Hall). The one-and-one-half-hour Topical Debates, which count as quarter days, are also determined by the committee.
Membership
As set out by Standing Order 152, the committee consists of a chair and seven other members to be elected at the beginning of each session. The chair, who must be an opposition member, is elected under the alternative vote method in a manner similar to other select committee chairs. The other members are selected under the single transferable vote method with the stipulation that the eight members (including the chair) reflect a distribution of the seats made by the Speaker, which is to reflect the party composition of the House of Commons. In addition, at least two men and two women must be elected. Ministers of the Crown, Parliamentary Private Secretaries, and 'principal opposition frontbench spokespersons' are prohibited from standing for election as chair or as a member.
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Jonathan Davies MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Mary Glindon MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Alison Hume MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Will Stone MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Martin Vickers MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Chris Vince MP |
=Changes since 2024=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 9 December 2024
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Wendy Morton MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-12-09/debates/E2118495-09E3-444E-B3F8-895A20B1F95A/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| nowrap | 3 March 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jack Abbott MP (Labour) | Ipswich | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jonathan Davies MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-03/debates/A84B22A8-FEC7-463E-A6D2-0E4EAF8D2E68/BackbenchBusiness Hansard] |
=2020–2024 Parliament=
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Kevin Foster MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Patricia Gibson MP |SNP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Chris Green MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Nigel Mills MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Wendy Morton MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Kate Osborne MP |
=Changes from 2021–2024=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 2 November 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Gareth Bacon MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Duncan Baker MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-11-02/debates/C01FC9D3-1733-4624-8C61-D8026B40BD41/BusinessOfTheHouse(3November) Hansard] |
| nowrap rowspan=2 | 15 March 2022
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Duncan Baker MP (Conservative) | rowspan=2| → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Green MP (Conservative) | rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-03-15/debates/F17C0B29-F71D-441C-A46E-997A9FD45AB9/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| David Johnston MP (Conservative)
| Wantage | Jerome Mayhew MP (Conservative) |
| nowrap | 3 May 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Imran Ahmad Khan MP (Independent) | → | colspan=3 | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament{{cite news |last1=Hinton |first1=Megan |title=Imran Ahmad Khan quits as Wakefield MP after sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/imran-ahmad-khan-quits-as-wakefield-mp/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=LBC |date=3 May 2022 |language=en}} |
| nowrap | 21 November 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jerome Mayhew MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Wendy Morton MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-11-21/debates/35BF4B21-65F0-4644-9540-781FF24C14D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
2020 election
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with members being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Nickie Aiken MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Fiona Bruce MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Patricia Gibson MP | SNP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Nigel Mills MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Lia Nici MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Claudia Webbe MP |
=Changes 2020-2021=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 20 July 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Nickie Aiken MP (Conservative) | Cities of London and Westminster | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Gareth Bacon MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-07-20/debates/0CC6DACA-7402-449C-8E83-54B51A1CCDCF/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| nowrap | 18 January 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Fiona Bruce MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Imran Ahmad Khan MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-01-18/debates/C287003C-36F5-4DEE-9233-477B4770B997/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| nowrap | 1 March 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lia Nici MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Johnston MP (Conservative) | Wantage | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-01/debates/6420D484-707B-4210-B4CB-7D964CEBEBFD/BackbenchBusiness Hansard] |
2017 election
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members being announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Rehman Chishti MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Patricia Gibson MP | SNP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Jess Phillips MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Alex Sobel MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|William Wragg MP |
=Changes 2017-2019=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 16 October 2017
| colspan=3 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-16/debates/2FC47041-24E6-42ED-B412-7B9673FF72D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| nowrap | 23 October 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Rehman Chishti MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Davies MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-23/debates/89B2B877-E433-44AD-97B9-22C89D792187/Committees Hansard] |
| nowrap | 19 March 2018
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-03-19/debates/D41B8193-E78A-43AF-86B7-3767CB96A920/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| nowrap | 23 April 2018
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Davies MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Colin Clark MP (Conservative) | Gordon | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-04-23/debates/73D1838B-4FF9-495E-AA97-F347FAC4F34A/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
2016 election
The chair was elected on 24 May 2016, with members being announced on 13 June 2016.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-05-24/debates/16052434000003/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=24 May 2016 |volume= 611 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-13/debates/C744BFDE-F976-4948-B445-D075F3FF9522/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=13 June 2016 |volume= 611 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Kevin Foster MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Wendy Morton MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Gavin Newlands MP | SNP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Nuttall MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Jess Phillips MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|William Wragg MP |
=Changes 2016-2017=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 31 October 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Wendy Morton MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-31/debates/FACA5BE1-1594-4C21-9C5C-35B154AFE157/COMMITTEES Hansard] |
| nowrap | 30 January 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-30/debates/65D45C82-07D9-46CA-A24D-3D5AB3E0A6C8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
2015 election
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 20 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-20/debates/15072019000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=20 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Peter Bone MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Philip Hollobone MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Gavin Newlands MP | SNP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Nuttall MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Jess Phillips MP |
=Changes 2015-2016=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 14 December 2015
| colspan=3 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Kevin Foster MP (Conservative) | Torbay | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-12-14/debates/15121441000006/BackbenchBusiness Hansard] |
2014 election
The chair was elected on 11 June 2014, with members being elected on 30 June 2014.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=G7 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-06-11/debates/14061141000001/G7 |house=House of Commons |date=11 June 2014 |volume= 582 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-06-30/debates/14063056000001/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=30 June 2014 |volume= 583 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Natascha Engel MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Amess MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Anderson MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Oliver Colvile MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|John Hemming MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP |
2013 election
The chair was elected on 15 May 2013, with members being elected on 10 June 2013.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=English Baccalaureate |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130516/debtext/130516-0001.htm#13051644000041 |house=House of Commons |date=16 May 2013 |volume= 563 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=BACKBENCH BUSINESS |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-06-10/debates/13061046000005/BACKBENCHBUSINESS |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2013 |volume= 564 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Natascha Engel MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Amess MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Anderson MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Jane Ellison MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|John Hemming MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Marcus Jones MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP |
=Changes 2013-2014=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| nowrap | 4 November 2013
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jane Ellison MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mark Spencer MP (Conservative) | Sherwood | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-11-04/debates/13110416000003/Committees Hansard] |
| nowrap rowspan=2 | 4 November 2013
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marcus Jones MP (Conservative) | Nuneaton | rowspan=2| → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Oliver Colvile MP (Conservative) | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-12-10/debates/13121055000002/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| Mark Spencer MP (Conservative)
| Sherwood | Alec Shelbrooke MP (Conservative) |
2012 election
The chair was elected on 16 May 2012, with members being elected on 12 June 2012.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-05-16/debates/12051651000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=16 May 2012 |volume= 545 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Backbench Business Committee |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-06-12/debates/1206135000001/BackbenchBusinessCommittee |house=House of Commons |date=12 June 2012 |volume= 546 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Natascha Engel MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Amess MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Anderson MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Bob Blackman MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Jane Ellison MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|John Hemming MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Marcus Jones MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Ian Mearns MP |
2010 election
The chair was elected on 22 June 2010, with members being elected on 29 June 2010.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-22/debates/10062245000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=22 June 2010 |volume= 512 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-06-29/debates/10062953000003/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=29 June 2010 |volume= 512 }}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Natascha Engel MP (chair) |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Anderson MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Peter Bone MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Philip Davies MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Jane Ellison MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|John Hemming MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Philip Hollobone MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Alison Seabeck MP |
=By-elections 2010-2012=
| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date of resignation ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source ! valign="top" | Date of by-election ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
| rowspan=2 | 3 November 2010
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |David Anderson MP (Labour) |rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-11-03/debates/10110358000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement Hansard] |rowspan=2 |8 November 2010 |rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Ian Mearns MP (Labour) |rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-11-08/debates/10110831000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
| Alison Seabeck MP (Labour)
|George Mudie MP (Labour) |
Review
When it created the committee, the House resolved to review the committee's work at the beginning of the 2011/12 session. The Leader of the House of Commons, Sir George Young, stated that the purpose of the review was to help reach the next phase of implementing the Wright Committee report: setting up a committee to manage substantially all House business.[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100615/debtext/100615-0010.htm#10061550000001 House of Commons Debates 15 June 2010 v511 c782]