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Backbench debates announced for 11, 18, 20 Nov and 1 Dec 2014

7 November 2014

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Following its public meeting on 4 November, the Committee has determined the backbench business for 11, 18, 20 November and 6 December.

Tuesday 11 November in the Chamber

  • Debate on a motion relating to the Medium-Term Financial Plan for the House of Commons and Draft Estimates for 2015-16 (Member in charge: John Thurso)

Thursday 20 November in the Chamber

  • Debate on a motion relating to devolution and the Union (Members in charge: Dominic Raab, Frank Field)
  • General debate on money creation and society (Members in charge: Steve Baker, Michael Meacher, Caroline Lucas, Douglas Carswell)

Monday 1 December in Westminster Hall

  • General debate on an e-petition relating to ending the conflict in Palestine (Member in charge: Graham M. Morris)

Appointment of a debate in Westminster Hall by the Chairman of Ways and Means following a recommendation by the Backbench Business Committee

  • Tuesday 18 November at 9.30am: Physical inactivity and public health (Member in charge: Nick Smith)

Representations for debate received

At its public meeting on Tuesday 4 November, the Committee heard representations from the following:

  • Mr Frank Doran, Ms Margaret Ritchie, Austin Mitchell, Dr Eilidh Whiteford, Sheryll Murray, Jim Dowd, Peter Aldous for a debate on the fishing industry
  • Simon Danczuk, Zac Goldsmith, Tessa Munt for a debate on progress of the historic child sex abuse inquiry.

Backbench Business Committee

The Backbench Business Committee meets weekly on Tuesdays at 1pm to consider requests for debates from any backbench Members of Parliament on any subject, including those raised in e-petitions or national campaigns.

An MP must make a representation before the Committee for an e-petition or petition to be debated; e-petitions exceeding the Government's 100,000 signature threshold are not automatically allocated backbench time.

The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.

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