Public Bill Committees

Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.

There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.

  • Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill

    1st sitting · Mawrth, 12 Rhagfyr 2006 · 51 speeches

    [Mr. John Bercowin the Chair]

    • Clause 1

      49 speeches

      Commencement of section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

    • Clause 2

      11 speeches

      Jurisdiction under section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

    • Clause 3

      18 speeches

      Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: Northern Ireland

    • Clause 4

      3 speeches

      Commencement, extent and short title

  • Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill

    2nd sitting · Mawrth, 12 Rhagfyr 2006

    [John Bercow in the Chair]

    • Clause 4

      54 speeches

      Commencement, extent and short title

    • New Clause 1

      7 speeches

      Application by defendants for certain fraud cases to be conducted without a jury ‘In section 43(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), after “prosecution”, insert “,...

    • New Clause 2

      9 speeches

      Safeguards “(1) Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3), after second ‘satisfied’, insert ‘, or otherwise believes...

    • New Clause 3

      13 speeches

      Duty to hear oral representations ‘(1) Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (3) insert— “(3A) In determining an...

    • New Clause 4

      20 speeches

      Conditions to be satisfied ‘In section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), for subsection (5) substitute— “(5) The condition is that by reason of the complexity or...

    • New Clause 5

      12 speeches

      Expert assessors ‘(1) The Lord Chief Justice shall appoint six assessors drawn from— (a) the Royal Institute of Chartered Accountants, (b) the Society of Actuaries, or (c) other...

All bills in this session

Committee membership and attendance (out of 2)

Chairpersons

  • John Bercow (0)

Members

  • Crispin Blunt (2)
  • Alan Campbell (2)
  • Jim Cunningham (2)
  • Dominic Grieve (2)
  • David Heath (2)
  • Stephen Hesford (2)
  • Viscount Hailsham (2)
  • Simon Hughes (2)
  • Fraser Kemp (2)
  • Mike O'Brien (2)
  • Joan Ryan (2)
  • Iain Wright (2)
  • Kerry McCarthy (2)
  • Jamie Reed (2)
  • Andrew Pelling (2)
  • Diana R. Johnson (2)
  • Bob Neill (2)

[ Committee memberships can change partway through ]