Harriett Baldwin questions the Government on the success of implementing reforms to the working of the House of Commons - in particular the creation of the Backbench Business Committee which gives backbench MPs the opportunity to select the issues which will be the subject of debate. Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): What is the Government’s analysis of the effect of adopting the recommendations in the Wright Committee report? I understand that the creation of the Backbench Business Committee was blocked by the previous Government. Mr Heath: It was indeed; there was no progress whatever under the previous Government on this matter. I am very proud of the fact that we moved quickly to establish the Backbench Business Committee. Speaking personally, I think it has been a great success. It is something that the House should have done some time ago. I look forward to building on it in the years to come, and I look forward to the review of the Backbench Business Committee’s work, which will give us an indication of how the House views its performance more widely. | Hansard