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Backbench MPs will find out on Thursday which of them have secured priority for Private Members’ Bills in the new parliamentary session. The ballot will be drawn at 9am on 21 May by Nusrat Ghani (in photo), the Chairman of Ways and Means, in Committee Room 16.
Private Members’ Bills allow MPs who are not Government ministers to propose changes to the law. Ballot bills have the best chance of progressing because they are given priority in the limited amount of parliamentary time available for backbench legislation.
Twenty MPs will be drawn, with the last name called receiving the top place in the ballot. The successful MPs are due to introduce their Bills to the Commons on 17 June, with each MP choosing the issue they want to bring before Parliament.