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.

  • Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill

    1st sitting · Tuesday, 9 March 2010 · 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 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...

All bills in this session

Committee membership and attendance (out of 1)

Chairpersons

  • Christopher Chope (1)

Members

  • Tony Baldry (1)
  • Lord Boswell of Aynho (1)
  • Peter Bottomley (1)
  • Tom Clarke (1)
  • Michael Connarty (1)
  • Frank Cook (0)
  • Gerald Kaufman (1)
  • Sally Keeble (1)
  • Andrew Love (1)
  • Judy Mallaber (1)
  • Steve Pound (1)
  • Stephen Timms (1)
  • Roger Williams (0)
  • John Hemming (1)
  • David Gauke (1)
  • Brian Binley (1)

[ Committee memberships can change partway through ]