Public Bill Committees
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill

  • Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill, 1st sitting (1 speech)
    [Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair]
    • Clause 1 (21 speeches)
      Meaning of “qualifying debt” etc
    • Clause 2 (6 speeches)
      Qualifying debts: further definitions
    • Clause 3 (19 speeches)
      Amount recoverable in respect of claim for qualifying debt etc
    • Clause 5 (4 speeches)
      Judgments for qualifying debts etc
    • Clause 7 (3 speeches)
      Exception for overriding EU or international obligations
    • Clause 8 (2 speeches)
      Saving
    • Clause 9 (4 speeches)
      Commencement, extent and short title
    • New Clause 1 (4 speeches)
      Treasury duty to report on impacts ‘The Treasury shall within 12 months of the commencement of this Act publish and lay before Parliament a report setting out its assessment of the following...
    • New Clause 2 (3 speeches)
      Duration of Act ‘(1) This Act expires at the end of the period of one year begining with commencement; but this is subject to subsections (2) and (3). (2) The Treasury may by order provide...

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What are Public Bill Committees?

Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.

There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.