Wright Committee

• Reduction in the number of committees and in the size of a standard departmental committee, possibly to eleven members
• Chairs of departmental and similar select committees should be directly elected by secret ballot of the House using the alternative vote
• Members of departmental and similar committees should be elected from within party groups by secret ballot
• Backbench business should be scheduled by the House rather than by Ministers
• The House should decide its sitting pattern for itself
• An effective e-petitions system should be introduced, including the possibility that members of the public might be able to compel an issue to be debated in the House
• One backbench motion per month should be routinely scheduled for debate

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