Committee

Procedure Committee

Select committee Commons

What it does

The Procedure Committee considers the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of its public business. It is appointed under Standing Order No. 147. It can make recommendations to the House about the operation of the House’s Standing Orders for public business, and any other aspect of House procedure and practice (as generally described in Erskine May).

Members

Cat Smith MP Labour Chair
Bambos Charalambous MP Labour Member
Gill Furniss MP Labour Member
Gurinder Singh Josan MP Labour Member
James Asser MP Labour Member
John Lamont MP Conservative Member
Katrina Murray MP Labour Member
Kenneth Stevenson MP Labour Member
Lee Pitcher MP Labour Member
Mary Kelly Foy MP Labour Member
Michael Wheeler MP Labour Member
Mr Lee Dillon MP Liberal Democrat Member
Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson MP Conservative Member
Sir Christopher Chope MP Conservative Member
Tom Morrison MP Liberal Democrat Member
Tracy Gilbert MP Labour Member

Recent outputs

Correspondence Letter from Josh MacAlister OBE MP, following up on evidence session on 17 June, dated 3 July 2026 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Leader of the House of Commons, following up on the evidence session on 24 June, dated 9 July 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence with The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Senior Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, relating to WPQs in the House of Lords, dated 15 June and 9 July 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the House Administration on implementation of the Committee’s recommendations, dated 19 May 2026 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Foreign Secretary relating to a request for a ministerial appearance on WPQ performance, dated 21 May 2026 3 Jun 2026
Attendance statistics Procedure Committee Members' attendance for Session 2024–26 22 May 2026
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2024-26 22 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Education, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 7 May 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Office for Equality and Opportunity, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 26 April 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Cabinet Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 23 April 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 6 May 2026 21 May 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Department of Health and Social Care, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026 21 May 2026
Special Report 6th Special Report - Elections within the House of Commons: Government Response 20 Apr 2026
Special Report 5th Special Report - Call lists: Government Response 26 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence received from Mr Speaker, regarding sub judice resolution, dated 20 March 2025. 4 Mar 2026
Report 5th Report - Elections within the House of Commons 11 Feb 2026
Report 4th Report – Call lists 3 Feb 2026
Correspondence Correspondence with the Table Office relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 9 September and 20 October 2025. 28 Jan 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Leader to Procedure Committee regarding Estimates Days Debates, dated 13 January 2026 21 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Leader of the House of Commons relating to changes to the process for allocating estimates day debates, dated 12 December 2025 17 Dec 2025
Special Report 4th Special Report – Status of independent Members of Parliament: Government and House Administration Responses 23 Oct 2025
Special Report 3rd Special Report – Proxy Voting: Review of arrangements introduced in the 2024–25 Session: Government Response 16 Oct 2025
Correspondence Joint letter from the Chair of the Liaison Committee, Dame Meg Hillier MP and Chair of the Backbench Business Committee Bob Blackman MP relating to Estimates Day debate allocations pilot programme, dated 22 July 2025 3 Sep 2025
Correspondence Letter from Karin Smyth MP, Minister of State at the Department for Health and Social Care, relating to WPQ performance, dated 21 July 2025 3 Sep 2025
Report 3rd Report - Status of independent Members of Parliament 22 Jul 2025
Report 2nd Report - Proxy voting: Review of arrangements introduced in Session 2024-25 21 Jul 2025
Correspondence Letter from Defra relating to WPQ performance, dated 30 June 2025 2 Jul 2025

Source: the official committee page.