Assuming the membership is approved in time, the committee may well meet for the first time before Christmas on Wednesday 18th December. Read our @instituteforgov explainer on what happens next.

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The Committee of Selection has met and nominated 23 MPs to the committee examining the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. Slightly larger than a standard bill committee, it contains two ministers (both of whom supported the bill at 2R), another twelve bill supporters and nine opponents

Plenty of scope, then, for the current Modernisation Committee to revisit its earlier work, two decades on, and consider how previous reforms have functioned in practice.

Likewise, this 2000 report on the operation of programme motions gives the example of the Financial Services Bill, which had 2 days for Report before a programme motion was agreed. Again, 25 years later, it would be very unusual for a bill to be given three days for report stage

This 1998 report recommends giving the Speaker power to vary the time limit on speeches but notes that "in our view [the limit] should never be less than eight minutes". An 8 minute speaking limit would be a luxury in today's Commons

Also struck by how some of the committee's reforms have developed in unforeseen ways.

Reading back reports from the previous iteration of the Modernisation Committee and stumbled across what must be one of the earliest uses of the phrase "poor vibes" in the parliamentary record – by none other than Peter Bone MP, speaking here in 2007

Plenty more detail in the interview itself:

She described her legacy as maybe 'more of a campaigner' than an administrator - a strength that may well be key in her new role

And perhaps most interestingly, despite her long ministerial career Hodge reflected that many of the biggest battles she faced were as chair of the PAC, going after dirty money and tax evasion.

She discussed taking compassionate leave - one of the first ministers to do so - and the handling challenges this involved

Much like the prime minister last week, she expressed frustration at the civil service machine, describing the Department of Health as a 'sort of Stalinist empire' and officials at the Department for Trade and Industry as 'pen pushers'

She recalled her contribution to Sure Start, including as the inaugural children's minister, and her sadness about how quickly it was swept away from 2010.

In a memorable interview, she discussed the frustrations of being a junior minister, including battling to make appointments in the face of opposition from her officials

Baroness Hodge, former minister and former chair of the PAC, has been announced as the PM's new anti-corruption champion. We sat down with her in September as part of the IfG's Ministers Reflect project 🧵.

In a welcome return to past practice, the motion appointing the committee does not impose a chair. The government faced criticism in the 2019 parliament for using its majority to appoint Sir Bernard Jenkin, who – unlike the other members – did not chair another committee.

MPs are set to approve the membership of the liaison committee later today. The 32-strong membership, drawn from the chairs of the other Commons select committees, oversees the committee system and holds regular evidence sessions with the PM

RT @SarahRoutl: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its second reading by 330 votes to 275 this afternoon. Adding a devo s….