To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will publish in the Official Report a list of Procedure Committee reports for each Session since 1958; and if he will list those reports which were debated on the Floor of the House, together with the date, since that date.
The following list includes the substantive reports from Procedure Committees, together with their titles or an indication of their subject matter, and the dates on which the reports, or the recommendations made in reports, were debated:
Session
| Report
| Report or recommendations debated
| |
1969–70 | First Report | Ten Minute Rule Bills | 23 November 1970 |
Second Report | Question Time | 7 April 1971 | |
1970–71 | Second Special Report | Joint Committee on Consolidation, etc Bills | |
First Report | Scrutiny of Taxation | ||
Second Report | The Process of Legislation | 116 November 1971 | |
24 November 1971 | |||
8 August 1972 | |||
18 December 1972 | |||
1971–72 | Fourth Special Report | Scrutiny of Taxation | |
First Report | Election of a Speaker | 8 August 1972 | |
Second Report | Debates on Consolidated Fund Bills; and Ministerial Statements | 18 December 1972 | |
Third Report | Rights of Members to attend Meeting of Select Committee | 18 December 1972 | |
Fourth Report | Matters sub judice | 28 June 1972 | |
Fifth Report | Lords Amendments to the NHS (Family Planning) Amendment Bill | ||
Sixth Report | Time of Opposed Private Business | ||
1972–73 | First Report | Timing of the Budget Statement | |
Second Report | Powers of Chairman of Standing Committees, and Public Petitions | ||
Third Report | Debates on Defence | 24 November 1973 | |
Fourth Report | Introduction of New Members after By-Elections | ||
Fifth Report | Deferment of Private Members' Bills | 20 November 1973 | |
Sixth Report | Members' Constituency Interests and Select Committee Inquiries | ||
1974–75 | First Report | European Secondary Legislation | 3 November 1975 |
Second Report | Calling Amendments for Division at the end of debate on a motion | ||
Third Report | Late Sittings of the House | ||
Fourth Report | Restriction on the length of speeches | ||
1975–76 | First Report | Procedure for establishing the order of Oral Questions | 31 October 1979 |
Second Report | Order of Precedence of Private Members' Bills | 31 October 1979 | |
Third Report | Tabling of Questions and Access to the Table Office | ||
1976–77 | First Report | Calling Amendments for Divison at the end of Debate | 31 October 1979 |
Second Report | Method of Raising Points of Order during Divisions | 31 October 1979 | |
Third Report | Voting on Opposition Motions on Supply Days | 31 October 1979 | |
30 October 1980 | |||
Fourth Report | Business of the House Motions | 31 October 1979 | |
Fifth Report | Questions to the Prime Minister | 31 October 1979 | |
Sixth Report | The Operation of Standing Order No. 9 | 31 October 1979 | |
Seventh Report | Eligibility of Members successful in Ballots for Motions and Bills to take part in subsequent Ballots | 31 October 1979 | |
Eighth Report | Tabling of Amendments to Bills on the day of Second Reading | 31 October 1979 | |
1977–78 | First Report | Public Bill Procedure; Delegated | 31 October 1979 |
Legislation; European Communities | 17 January 1980 | ||
Legislation; Financial Control; Organisation of Sessions and sittings | 30 October 1980 | ||
1980–81 | First Report | Procedure (Supply) | 19 July 1982 |
1982–83 | First Report | Procedure (Finance) | 6 December 1983 |
1983–84 | First Report | Short Speeches | 31 October 1984 |
1984–85 | First Report | Printing of Oral Questions to the Prime Minister | |
Second Report | Public Bill Procedure | 27 February 1986 | |
Third Report | Questions lost when a Sitting is broken | 27 February 1986 | |
Fourth Report | Short Speeches | 27 February 1986 | |
1985–86 | First Report | The Operation of Standing Order No. 10 | 27 February 1986 |
Session
| Report
| Report or recommendations debated
| |
Second Report | Allocation of time to Goverment Bills in Standing Committee | ||
Third Report | Short Speeches | ||
1986–87 | First Report | A Parliamentary Calendar | |
Second Report | Use of time on the Floor of the House | ||
Third Report | Early Day Motions | ||
1 Some recommendations were the subject of a Government Statement on 8 November 1971. |