• The Backbench Business Committee of the British House of Commons was created on 15 June 2010 through the adoption of a new standing order. It was created...
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    Portillo for twelve years. He was more prominent as a backbencher, serving on many select committees and sponsoring several pieces of legislation, including...
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  • Conservative Party in the British House of Commons. The committee, consisting of all Conservative backbench Members of Parliament (MPs), meets weekly while Parliament...
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    its agenda, and increasing backbench membership in committees vastly. Additionally, the Commons Backbench Business Committee was created in 2010 with cross-party...
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    number of committees. The Backbench Business Committee was created in 2010 as a non-ministerial committee to cover non-government business, following...
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    and Means). She established and was the inaugural chair of the Backbench Business Committee (2010–2015) for which she was awarded Parliamentarian of the...
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    Bob Blackman (category Chairmen of the 1922 Committee)
    politician who has been the chairman of the 1922 Committee and chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party...
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    Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. He also became a member of the newly established backbench business committee and a member of the Speaker's Panel...
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    invasion of Ukraine. In March, Mayhew became a member of the Backbench Business Committee and in the July he was appointed as a member to the Public Accounts...
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    several years. He also joined the Backbench Business Committee in the 2010–2015 Parliament and chaired the Committee from June 2015 until the dissolution...
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  • their report included the establishment of a backbench business committee and the election of select committee chairs, which would fundamentally change the...
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    September 2017 and 6 November 2019, Gibson was a member of the Backbench Business Committee. At the 2019 general election, Gibson was again re-elected, with...
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    50.8% of the vote and a majority of 6,019. Webbe sat on the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons between March 2020 and April 2021. As...
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    of Commons Administration Committee, having been defeated in the election for Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee by Natascha Engel. In July...
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    Environmental Audit Committee, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, the Backbench Business Committee, and on the Selection Committee. He formerly...
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  • Parliament, he serves as a member of the Works and Housing Committee and the Backbenchers' Business Committee. Evans Bobie Opoku Robert Sarfo-Mensah GNA (2024-12-09)...
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    04). He has previously been a member of the Transport Committee and the Backbench Business Committee. At the 2024 general election, Hollobone lost his seat...
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  • parliamentary business. It is scheduled for debate along with the other private member's bills, but at a lower priority. The Backbench Business Committee (or Leader...
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  • representatives 6: MPs 3 Frontbench MPs (nominated by the Cabinet) 3 Backbench MPs (elected by the members of the Parliamentary Labour Party) 2: Local...
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    elections. In December 2024, he replaced Wendy Morton on the Backbench Business Committee. Vickers opposes the legalisation of same-sex marriage. He voted...
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    received 10,533 votes. In March 2020, Nici became a member of the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons. In May 2020, Nici supported Prime Minister...
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    The Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2015. "E-Petitions and the Backbench Business Committee". UK Parliament website. Retrieved 26 March 2015. Hall, Melanie...
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    general election and since March 2022, he has been a member of the Backbench Business Committee. On 3 February 2016, Green held a Westminster Hall debate on...
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  • establishment of a Backbench Business Committee for the House of Commons. This recommendation was subsequently taken up by the Select Committee on the Reform...
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    subsequently published on the legislative process (specifically the Backbench Business Committee), conducted empirical research 'The Reality of the Constitution'...
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  • Easington 172 Mearns, IanIan Mearns Lab Gateshead Chair of the Backbench Business Committee 173 Javid, SajidThe Rt Hon Sir Sajid Javid Con Bromsgrove Former...
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    majority of 5,977. In Parliament, she served on the Backbench Business Committee and Work and Pensions Committee.  In 2011 she founded the first All Party Parliamentary...
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    Commons, Jones sat on the Administration Committee and Backbench Business Committee, and served on the Speakers Committee on the Electoral Commission. On 8 July...
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    Wragg served on the Procedure, Education and Backbench Business Committees, and the Finance Committee. At the 2019 general election, Wragg was again...
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  • Members of departmental and similar committees should be elected from within party groups by secret ballot Backbench business should be scheduled by the House...
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