- Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee
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The Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 June 2010.
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Remit
The committee was created in response to changes to the machinery of government intended to give the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, responsibility for political and constitutional reform. The functions given to the Deputy Prime Minister are as follows:
- Introducing fixed-term Parliaments
- Legislating to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system for the House of Commons and to create fewer and more equal sized constituencies, see Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
- Supporting people with disabilities in becoming MPs
- Introducing a power for people to recall their MPs
- Developing proposals for a wholly or mainly elected second chamber
- Speeding up implementation of individual voter registration
- Considering the "West Lothian question"
- Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists
- Reforming party funding
- Supporting all postal primaries
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister has ministerial responsibility for the Boundary Commissions, the Electoral Commission, and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.[1] All of these are therefore within the remit of the committee.
Membership
As of 12 July 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:
Member Party Constituency Graham Allen MP (Chair) Labour Nottingham North Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch Simon Hart MP Conservative Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Eleanor Laing MP Conservative Epping Forest Sheila Gilmore MP Labour Edinburgh East Andrew Griffiths MP Conservative Burton Fabian Hamilton MP Labour Leeds North East Tristram Hunt MP Labour Stoke-on-Trent Central Yasmin Qureshi MP Labour Bolton South East Andrew Turner MP Conservative Isle of Wight Stephen Williams MP Liberal Democrat Bristol West Source: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Changes
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.
Date Outgoing Member
& PartyConstituency → New Member
& PartyConstituency Source 2 November 2010 Nicholas Boles MP (Conservative) Grantham and Stamford → Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) Burton Hansard 8 November 2010 Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne North → Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour) Leeds North East Hansard 1 April 2011 Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour) Leicester South → Vacant Vote and Proceedings 12 July 2011 Vacant → Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour) Bolton South East Hansard See also
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