HC Deb 04 December 2001 vol 376 c165W
Ms Coffey

To ask the President of the Council if he will make a statement on recent progress on modernisation of the House. [17532]

Mr. Robin Cook

It is hoped that the Modernisation Committee will be able to bring forward its first report on the role of Select Committees early in the new year.

I shall be putting proposals to the Modernisation Committee next week on the wider agenda of reform, including more effective scrutiny of legislation. The intention is that these proposals will be available to all Members in order that their views can inform the work of the Modernisation Committee in preparing recommendations for the House.