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Debate between Tom Brake and Huw Irranca-Davies
Thursday 22nd January 2015

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Huw Irranca-Davies Portrait Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab)
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7. What assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House.

Tom Brake Portrait The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Tom Brake)
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The Leader of the House has not made a recent assessment of the effect of the introduction of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House, but the Government response to the Procedure Committee’s review agreed that the Backbench Business Committee has been widely welcomed as a successful and effective innovation.