Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee

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.

Contents 1 Remit 2 Membership 2.1 Changes 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

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, see Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
• Supporting people with disabilities in becoming MPs
• Introducing a power for people to recall their MPs
• 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 12 December 2011, the membership of the committee is as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Graham Allen MP (Chair)	Labour	Nottingham North
	Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
	Simon Hart MP	Conservative	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	Eleanor Laing MP	Conservative	Epping Forest
	Sheila Gilmore MP	Labour	Edinburgh East
	Andrew Griffiths MP	Conservative	Burton
	Fabian Hamilton MP	Labour	Leeds North East
	Tristram Hunt MP	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	Paul Flynn MP	Labour	Newport West
	Andrew Turner MP	Conservative	Isle of Wight
	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		Nicholas Boles MP (Conservative)	Grantham and Stamford	→		Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative)	Burton	Hansard
8 November 2010		Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour)	Newcastle upon Tyne North	→		Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)	Leeds North East	Hansard
1 April 2011		Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour)	Leicester South	→	Vacant			Vote and Proceedings
12 July 2011	Vacant			→		Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)	Bolton South East	Hansard
12 December 2011		Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)	Bolton South East	→		Paul Flynn MP (Labour)	Newport West

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References

External links

• Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

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