Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions
Topic: Parliamentary Procedure, Committees and Privileges · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
This is a Lok Sabha committee chaired by the Deputy Speaker. A private member is an MP who is not a minister. The committee sorts private members' bills into categories based on how urgent and important they are. It then allots time for them and for private members' resolutions. Such business is usually taken up on Friday afternoons. Very few private members' bills become law; only 14 have so far, and none since 1970.
Example
In the 17th Lok Sabha, 729 private members' bills were introduced but only two were discussed. This shows how little time this business actually gets.
Don't confuse with
- Business Advisory Committee: chaired by the Speaker or the Chairman. It plans the timetable for all the business of the House, mainly government business.
Related concepts
- Departmentally related standing committee
- Joint Parliamentary Committee
- Business Advisory Committee
- Committee on Petitions
- Committee on Government Assurances
- Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- Committee on Empowerment of Women
- Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
- Consultative committees