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The Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 June 2010.

Remit

The committee was created in response to changes to the machinery of government intended to give the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, responsibility for political and constitutional reform. The functions given to the Deputy Prime Minister are as follows:

  • Introducing fixed-term Parliaments
  • Legislating to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system for the House of Commons and to create fewer and more equal sized constituencies
  • Supporting people with disabilities to become MPs
  • Introducing a power for people to recall their MP
  • Developing proposals for a wholly or mainly elected second Chamber
  • Speeding up implementation of individual voter registration
  • Considering the "West Lothian question"
  • Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists
  • Reforming party funding
  • Supporting all postal primaries

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister has ministerial responsibility for the Boundary Commissions, the Electoral Commission, and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.[1] All of these are therefore within the remit of the committee.

Membership

As of 1 April 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:

Member Party Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Graham Allen MP (Chair) Labour Nottingham North
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Hart MP Conservative Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eleanor Laing MP Conservative Epping Forest
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sheila Gilmore MP Labour Edinburgh East
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Griffiths MP Conservative Burton
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Fabian Hamilton MP Labour Leeds North East
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tristram Hunt MP Labour Stoke-on-Trent Central
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Turner MP Conservative Isle of Wight
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Williams MP Liberal Democrat Bristol West

Source: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
2 November 2010 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nicholas Boles MP (Conservative) Grantham and Stamford → bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) Burton Hansard
8 November 2010 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne North → bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour) Leeds North East Hansard
1 April 2011 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour) Leicester South →
Vacant
 Vote and
Proceedings

See also

References

  1. ^ House of Commons Debates 2 June 2010 vol 510 cc22–3ws
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