'I will do everything I can to protect the rights of Back Benchers to hold the Government to account, to ensure proper and timely scrutiny of legislation, and to enable the House to hold the most open, effective and best informed democratic debates in the world'
Monday 17 November - MPs have backed a new system of scrutiny by Select and Grand Committees for each of the 8 English regions. Leader of the House Harriet Harman presented the proposals on November 12 following recommendations by the Commons Modernisation Committee earlier in 2008. For more information click here
Thursday 13 November - Please use the links below to view yesterday's House of Commons Business Day Debates:
Regional Accountability
European Scrutiny and Modernisation of the House
Speaker's Conference
House of Commons Members' Fund
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