Private Members' Bills inquiry

Inquiry by the Procedure Committee, 14 December 2015 to 14 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 3rd Report - Private Members' bills (18 April 2016)
• Private Members' bills: Government response to Committee's 3rd Report of Session 2015-16 (13 June 2016)
• 2nd Report: Private Members' bills: observations on the Government response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2015-16, HC 684 (18 October 2016)
• 1st Special Report: Private Members' bills: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2016–17 (16 January 2017)

Evidence sessions

• 6 January 2016: Isabel Hardman, Assistant Editor, The Spectator, Michael White, Assistant Editor, The Guardian, Mark D’Arcy, Parliamentary Correspondent, BBC News
• 20 January 2016: Teresa Pearce MP, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Mike Wood MP and Philip Davies MP
• 27 January 2016: Mr Thomas Docherty, Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
• 24 February 2016: David Natzler, Clerk of the House, Fergus Reid, Clerk of Private Members' Bills and Dr Ruth Fox, Director and Head of Research, Hansard Society.
• 2 March 2016: Chris Bryant MP, Shadow Leader of the House and Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Leader of the House of Commons
• 26 October 2016: John Nicolson MP