Revitalising the Chamber

Download or read book Revitalising the Chamber written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report makes recommendations to improve the process by which Members learn and develop their careers. If implemented the recommendations would mean: extending the period between a General Election and the date of first sitting, to allow for a longer period of induction; allocating part of most question times to topical questions; extra debates on topical matters on a weekly basis; shorter debates on most general issues and some legislation; a weekly half-hour slot for debating Select Committee Reports; more comprehensible motions; shorter speeches; greater flexibility on time limits on speeches; and the reintroduction, on a trial basis, of Private Members' Motions in Westminster Hall.