Code of Conduct and Modernisation Committee
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That—
(1) There shall be a Select Committee, to be called the Modernisation Committee, to consider reforms to House of Commons procedures, standards, and working practices; and to make recommendations thereon;
(2) The Committee shall consist of not more than 14 Members, of which 4 will be the quorum of the Committee;
(3) Members shall be nominated to the Committee by a motion in the name of the Leader of the House;
(4) Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the Committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament;
(5) The Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; to report from time to time; and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee’s order of reference;
(6) That this Order be a Standing Order of the House until the end of the present Parliament.—(Lucy Powell.)