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  Affordable Homes Bill - Commit to a Select Committee
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against a Select Committee being set up to consider the Affordable Homes Bill[1].
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee.
  
  The motion was moved in accordance with House of Commons Standing Order No. 63(2)[3]. As the motion was not passed the Bill will be committed to a public bill committee[3].
  
  Both Select Committees and Public Bill Committees can take written and oral evidence and go through Bills formally, clause by clause, and make amendments if they wish.
  
  Differences between consideration of a Bill by a Select Committee vs a Public Bill Committee include:
  
  * A Public Bill Committee just reports the Bill, with any amendments, back to the House of Commons whereas a Bill Select Committee may also publish a report which would normally prompt[4] a Government response. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/affordablehomes.html Parliament's webpage on the Affordable Homes Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0013/cbill_2014-20150013_en_2.htm Full text of the Affordable Homes Bill as at the time of the vote]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#63 House of Commons Standing Order 63]
  * [4] [http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/select/ Parliament's webpage on Select Committees].
  
  
  
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