John Bercow
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Mr Speaker
We now come to motion 5 relating to the Backbench Business Committee, but I advise the House that there are several other motions up to and including motion 13. These matters fall within the auspices of the Chair of the Committee of Selection, who is in his place, looking eager and expectant and ready to move the motion. I trust that, with the leave of the House, we can take motions 5 to 13 together.
Mr Speaker
The hon. Gentleman is not the Chairman of the Committee of Selection for nothing. I meant that in the most positive way, but it is probably true in more ways than one.
Ordered,
Backbench Business Committee
That Robert Courts be a member of the Backbench Business Committee.
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
That Vernon Coaker be a member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
Home Affairs Committee
That Rehman Chishti be a member of the Home Affairs Committee.
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
That Bob Stewart be a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Petitions Committee
That Damien Moore be a member of the Petitions Committee.
Science and Technology Committee
That Vicky Ford, Adam Holloway and Stephanie Peacock be members of the Science and Technology Committee.
Welsh Affairs Committee
That Tonia Antoniazzi, Simon Hoare and Anna McMorrin be members of the Welsh Affairs Committee.
Women and Equalities Committee
That Eddie Hughes be a member of the Women and Equalities Committee.
Work and Pensions Committee
That Andrew Bowie, Jack Brereton and Chris Green be members of the Work and Pensions Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Mr Speaker
We come now to the petition—[Interruption.] It is unaccountable and incomprehensible that Members do not wish to hear the presentation of the petition, given its likely content and the identity of its proposer, but if Members do insist on leaving the Chamber, I should be most grateful if they did so quickly and quietly, conducting their private conversations outside the Chamber rather than noisily in it. In fact, some of them are so absorbed in their noisy conversations that they are not even conscious that they are being advised not to conduct them, but I feel sure that those noisy Members are now departing the Chamber and we are immensely grateful to them.