Backbench debates announced for 6 November 2014

Thursday 6 November in the Chamber

• General debate on UK foreign policy towards Iran (Members in charge: Mr Jack Straw, Mr Richard Bacon)

Representation made at Committee’s meeting on 28 October.

• General debate on promotion of the living wage (Member in charge: Chris White)

Thursday 6 November in Westminster Hall

• General debate on US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (Members in charge: Jeremy Corbyn, Dr Julian Lewis)

Representations for debate received

At its public meeting on Tuesday 28 October, the Committee heard representations from the following:

• Mr Jack Straw and Mr Richard Bacon for a debate on UK foreign policy towards Iran
• Grahame Morris, Jeremy Corbyn, Mr David Ward and Alex Cunningham, for a debate on Israel and Palestine relating to the 'End the conflict in Palestine' e-petition.

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.

Further Information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• How the Backbench Business Committee works