Procedure Committee
15 April 2026
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Procedure Committee House of Commons
00:04 - 00:54
Speaker 1
Good afternoon to you both and welcome to this meeting of the Procedure Committee. This is the first public oral evidence session of our inquiry into written parliamentary questions. Written parliamentary questions, or WPQs for short, as I expect we'll be using, are an important tool for MPs in raising matters of public interest and in dealing with much of their constituency work. They allow MPs to ask questions of government departments and to receive a comprehensive answer in a timely manner, and are an important privilege afforded to MPs. Today, we're very grateful to our witnesses for coming forward to give us some views from the His Majesty's official opposition and the, Liberal Democrat front bench on the workings of the WPQ's system.
Before we begin, could I ask you to introduce yourselves formally, for the record, starting with Wendy.
00:54 - 01:02
Speaker 2
I'm Wendy Chamberlain. I'm the member parliament for North East Fife, and I've served as the Liberal Democrat chief of WIP since September 2020.
01:03 - 01:09
Speaker 3
I'm Alex Burkart. I'm the Conservative member of parliament for Brentwood and Onge, and I'm the shadow chancellor of the Duchy Of Lancaster.
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