Statements by Members who Answer on Behalf of Statutory Bodies

Download or read book Statements by Members who Answer on Behalf of Statutory Bodies written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Procedure Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Standing Orders and the practice of the House enable Ministers to make written and oral statements to the House on matters of public importance. That facility is not available to Members who answer in the House on behalf of statutory bodies which are not subject to direct Ministerial accountability such as the House of Commons Commission and the Church Commissioners. Consequently contrivances such as a "planted" written question or an agreed urgent question are necessary in circumstances where an announcement is to be made to the House. The Committee considered whether arrangements might be put in place to enable, in appropriate circumstances, Members answering in the House on behalf of statutory bodies to make written and oral statements. They recommend that the necessary amendments be made to Standing Order No. 22A to enable those Members to make written statements and that those Members who are for the time being on the rota for oral questions should be enabled, on being granted permission in advance by the Speaker, to make an oral statement to the House