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Procedure Committee

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The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/procedure-committee/role/|access-date=22 June 2015|title=Procedure Committee - role|publisher=House of Commons}} The committee is governed by Standing Order number 147, which sets out its remit, powers, and the number of members.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/126/procedure-committee/membership/|title=Procedure Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Cat Smith MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Lancaster and Wyre

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| James Asser MP

| Labour

| West Ham and Beckton

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Baines MP

| Labour

| St Helens North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bambos Charalambous MP

| Labour

| Southgate and Wood Green

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Christopher Chope MP

| Conservative

| Christchurch

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Lee Dillon MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Newbury

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Graeme Downie MP

| Labour

| Dunfermline and Dollar

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mary Kelly Foy MP

| Labour

| City of Durham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gill Furniss MP

| Labour

| Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tracy Gilbert MP

| Labour

| Edinburgh North and Leith

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Richard Holden MP

| Conservative

| Basildon and Billericay

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gurinder Josan MP

| Labour

| Smethwick

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Tom Morrison MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Cheadle

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Joy Morrissey MP

| Conservative

| Beaconsfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lee Pitcher MP

| Labour

| Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Wheeler MP

| Labour

| Worsley and Eccles

=Changes since 2024=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 27 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Frank McNally MP (Labour)

| Coatbridge and Bellshill

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Baines MP (Labour)

| St Helens North

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-01-27/debates/746C5FDB-EF85-4CC8-B636-F3F0274A1314/Procedure Hansard]

58th parliament

In the 58th parliament, the membership of the committee was the following:{{Cite web|title=Procedure Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/126/procedure-committee/membership/|website=committees.parliament.uk|language=en|access-date=2021-05-17}}{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-09-12/debates/5FD3770A-D44F-47F3-BB12-D95CCB9A05DA/Committees |title=Committees Volume 737: debated on Tuesday 12 September 2023 |author= |date=12 September 2023 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=15 September 2023 |quote=That Owen Thompson be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Kirsty Blackman be added.}}{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-05/debates/FB4B6676-8504-48AB-BF5D-1AC347556C11/BusinessWithoutDebate |title=Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Tuesday 5 December 2023 |author= |date=5 December 2023 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=8 December 2023 |quote=That Dame Angela Eagle be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Samantha Dixon be added.— (Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection).}}{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-11/debates/49442229-047B-424B-9ACE-71F9F9CB97A7/BusinessWithoutDebate |title=Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Monday 11 December 2023 |author= |date=11 December 2023 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=17 December 2023 |quote=That Aaron Bell be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Nickie Aiken be added.}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Dame Karen Bradley (Chair)

|Conservative

|Staffordshire Moorlands

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jack Brereton

|Conservative

|Stoke-on-Trent South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Sir Christopher Chope

|Conservative

|Christchurch

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nickie Aiken

|Conservative

|Cities of London and Westminster

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Samantha Dixon

|Labour

|City of Chester

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Owen Thompson

|Scottish National Party

|Midlothian

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Suzanne Webb

|Conservative

|Stourbridge

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Patrick Grady

|Scottish National Party

|Glasgow North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Bambos Charalambous

|Labour

|Enfield Southgate

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Chris Elmore

|Labour

|Ogmore

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Kevan Jones

|Labour

|Durham North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Mills

|Conservative

|Amber Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|William Wragg

|Conservative

|Hazel Grove

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Sunderland

|Conservative

|Bracknell

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Liz Twist

|Labour

|Blaydon

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Douglas Ross

|Conservative

|Moray

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Gray

|Conservative

|North Wiltshire

57th parliament

In the 57th parliament, the members of the committee was the following:{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/procedure-committee/membership/|title=Membership - Procedure Committee|publisher=parliament.uk|access-date=13 November 2017}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charles Walker MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Broxbourne

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bob Blackman MP

| Conservative

| Harrow East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Bone MP

| Conservative

| Wellingborough

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Gareth Snell MP

|Labour Co-op

|Stoke-on-Trent Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bambos Charalambous MP

| Labour

| Enfield Southgate

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Sir Christopher Chope MP

| Conservative

| Christchurch

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Alison Thewliss MP

| Scottish National Party

|Glasgow Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nic Dakin MP

| Labour

| Scunthorpe

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Elmore MP

| Labour

| Ogmore

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Helen Goodman MP

| Labour

| Bishop Auckland

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Ranil Jayawardena MP

| Conservative

| North East Hampshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| David Linden MP

| Scottish National Party

| Glasgow East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Melanie Onn MP

| Labour

| Great Grimsby

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nick Smith MP

| Labour

| Blaenau Gwent

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Wragg MP

| Conservative

| Hazel Grove

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Rt. Hon Sir David Evennett MP

|Conservative

|Bexleyheath and Crayford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Rt. Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP

|Conservative

|Gainsborough

=Changes=

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

9 June 2010

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| colspan=6 | Greg Knight MP (Conservative – East Yorkshire) elected Chair

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100610/debtext/100610-0004.htm#10061031000002 Hansard]

26 July 2010

| colspan=7 | Initial members elected

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100726/debtext/100726-0004.htm#10072645000006 Hansard]

1 March 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mike Wood MP (Labour)

| East Yorkshire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Helen Goodman MP (Labour)

| Bishop Auckland

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110301/debtext/110301-0004.htm#1103024000007 Hansard]

nowrap | 21 March 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Angela Smith MP (Labour)

| Penistone and
Stocksbridge

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Thomas Docherty MP (Labour)

| Dunfermline and West Fife

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110321/debtext/110321-0004.htm#1103225000005 Hansard]

1 April 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| nowrap | Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour)

| Leicester South

| →

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Vacant

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmvote/110401v01.htm Vote and
Proceedings]

11 October 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour)

| Houghton and Sunderland South

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nic Dakin MP (Labour)

| Scunthorpe

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111011/debtext/111011-0004.htm#1110129000009 Hansard]

nowrap | 31 October 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Andrew Percy MP (Conservative)

| Brigg and Goole

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)

| Staffordshire Moorlands

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111031/debtext/111031-0004.htm#1111013000006 Hansard]

6 September 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Chair: Greg Knight MP (Conservative)

| East Yorkshire

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm120906/debtext/120906-0001.htm#12090626000004 Hansard]

17 October 2012

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Chair: Charles Walker MP (Conservative)

| Broxbourne

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121017/debtext/121017-0002.htm#12101758003710 Hansard]

5 November 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)

| Staffordshire Moorlands

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Martin Vickers MP (Conservative)

| Cleethorpes

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_DN Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]
  • [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/procedure-committee/ Procedure Committee]

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